Open a Command Prompt Window From Within Windows Explorer

Follow these steps to enable this option in the right-click drop down menu in

Windows Explorer:

1. Open "Windows Explorer"
2. Tools menu / Folder Options
3. Select File Types tab
4. Find and highlight "Folder" in File Types
5. Click Advanced
6. Click New to add new action
7. Type action name: Command Prompt
8. Type in "Application used to perform the action": cmd /k cd

(It may be necessary to type in the full path to cmd such as C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe)