TIL executing commands in Windows explorer 
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       Introduction 
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       Today I learned that executing commands in the Windows file explorer address bar works! 
       
       
       I discovered this by accident when my focus was in the wrong window. I used ⊞ win + E (file explorer) when I really meant ⊞ win + R (run command). A happy little accident. 
       
       
       How does it work? 
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       - Start explorer.exe 
       - Go to the address bar (protip: Alt + D or Ctrl + L ) 
       - Enter cmd 
       
       This starts a command window with the current directory as working directory. Ain’t that nice? 
       
       
       Illustrated guide 
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       - Step 1 - open file explorer  -
       
       
       
       
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 (IMG) Step 1 - open file explorer (.png) 
       - Step 2 - enter a command  -
       
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 (IMG) Step 2 and Step 3 - enter a command (.png) 
       
       This happens to work with all kind of commands. Try dotnet run , php -S localhost: 8080 , npm start or python3 -m http.server depending on your favourite platform. 
       
       
       The other way around 
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       If you are in a command shell, enter: 
       
       
       and it will open explorer.exe within the current directory. 
       
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