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From: Harry Putnam <reader AT newsguy DOT com>
Subject: Re: wrapper os something to call cygwin shell at specific address
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:20:55 -0500
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Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com> writes:

> Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I'd like to be able to open a cygwin shell at a specific location
>> from windows explorer.  Something like the old windows `power toy'
>> where you could open a windows cmdline shell HERE.
>
>   It exists; it's in the cygwin distro; it's called "chere" and you
> can intall it through setup.exe.

Ahhh nice.
Should I see an item on the right click context menu of windows
explorer?  Or is there something else to be done first?

I don't see any such item after the install and not after a reboot either.


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