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Open Command Window Here

To quickly open a command window and have it at that specific location use Shift + Right Click in folder windows and use the Open command window here option. Make sure nothing is selected, else it will not show the correct menu option.

Open Command Window Here

Neat is that when doing this on an UNC path, it will automatically map a network drive and have the Command Prompt at that network drive location. Since the Command Prompt can’t handle UNC paths as current directory.

The network drive will be automatically disconnected when the Command Window is closed. Having multiple Command Prompts will created multiple network drives, starting backwards from the letter Z.