Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell are also simple and built-in options covered in this post for this purpose. We have already seen how to open a file or folder using Command Prompt or PowerShell.

There are several ways you can bring up or open CMD or launch Command Prompt in Windows, via Win+X Menu, Task Manager, Cortana, Explorer, etc.

To open Windows 11 Command Prompt with Administrator privileges, you need to open the Command Prompt in a certain way. First, click the Start Menu and type cmd into the search field.

You can open the Command Prompt on a PC by right-clicking the Start icon, by searching for it, or by opening the Windows System folder.

Instead of firing up the command prompt and manually navigating the depths of your filesystem, just Shift-Right-click the folder, click Open Command Window Here, and voilà—you're there.

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It turns out Windows has a built-in way to do this. Simply type in “cmd” in the address bar and it’ll open the command prompt with the path to your current folder already set.

With the Terminal, Windows has a common interface for Powershell, Command Prompt, and Azure Cloud Shell. This allows you to start the terminal directly with the command prompt.