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Dragging Items into the CMD.EXE window to reduce typing

Time-saving tip: The command shell supports drag-and-drop from explorer and allows you to save a lot of time typing paths.

I use this with "cd /d" to quickly change into a deeply-nested directory.

A demonstration

Attached is a screencast demonstrating this behavior.

URL to screencast: http://blogs.msdn.com/saveenr/attachment/569044.ashx

 

 

 

Published Wednesday, April 05, 2006 8:41 AM by saveenr

Attachment(s): Dragging-into-command-shell.wmv

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# re: Dragging Items into the CMD.EXE window to reduce typing

Hey you can actually drag paths/files into the "Start Run..." text box too!
Wednesday, April 05, 2006 6:06 PM by Eric Newton

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