Cmder: Add an option to have cmder start in the current directory

[pimterry]

I typically want a command line in the current folder I'm viewing in windows explorer. With cmd, I just type cmd into the address bar, and it opens in the current folder.

If I type cmder however, it opens in my home directory. I'm currently getting around this by renaming the cmder executable to cmder-raw, and creating a cmder.bat like:

cmder-raw %CD%

(open 'cmder-raw', with the current directory as an argument, which apparently opens cmder there)

This does exactly what I want, but it's a bit hacky, and it results in a very very brief flash on non-cmder console window appearing, before cmder opens. It'd be great if cmder could add an option to act like this natively.

[futurechan]

:+1: I would love the ability to type cmder into the address bar of file explorer and have it open in that directory!

[mrgrain]

":+1: I would love the ability to type cmder into the address bar of file explorer and have it open in that directory!"

me too!

[vitr]

:+1:

[dvlsg]

:+1: Agreed, I really miss this ability when working with cmder.

[hstarorg]

Me too.

[kjeske]

Just go to cmder settings, then Tasks tab and set {cmd} task full command to:

cmd /k "%ConEmuDir%\..\init.bat" -new_console:%__CD__%

[jankatins]

If you register cmder, then right click -> Cmder here works that way.

[Ok, and the batch file startup works and I find that ok... I actually added that to my setup, as I find that faster as the right click :-)]

[Note that both solutions need a recent development build as there was for some time a bug which prevented the "start with a path"-scenario; not sure if the last release had this bug or not]

On a "pure" cmder solution, the comment by @kjeske works if you set this task as your default task. But then cmder must be in your normal path (which it isn't in my case)

[hstarorg]

@kjeske Thank you, it's available.

[onewhaleid]

This is not working for me. cmder just opens in my home directory. What am I doing wrong?

[daxgames]

Hardcoding the task is not the right answer. Most of you want to be able to open a cmder session in a folder from explorer. This should work using cmder /REGISTER [USER|ALL]. This adds the Cmder Here context menu you can get to by a right click on the folder.

In all situations I would recommend downloading the latest version of cmder and make sure your tasks do not use the -new-console argument at all.

What exactly are the rest of you trying to do here, and I do mean 'exactly'. Give me the process step by step from the very beginning. Are you in explorer and want to open cmder in a right clicked folder? Are you in a Windows cmd.exe or a cmder session and want to open cmder in the current folder by typing cmder [something]? Or clicking a shortcut icon? I believe cmder can indeed work in all these sutuations, just need to know what you,are trying to do.

In all situations I would recommend downloading the latest version of cmder and make sure your tasks do not use the -new_console argument at all.

[onewhaleid]

I wanted to navigate to a folder in explorer, then type cmder into the explorer address bar, and have cmder open up a new console in that folder.

[daxgames]

@onewhaleid did you try my suggestions? I have not with your use case.

[onewhaleid]

@daxgames the address bar method did not work. I am using the context menu instead.

[daxgames]

@onewhaleid I tried various things also and could not make that option work. The context menu is your best option for explorer.

[alex-jitbit]

Why is this closed?

I want to type "cmder" in my file manager (Total Commander, Far, etc) or in my command prompt and I want it to start in current dir, just like cmd or any other program would do

PS. it's a standard, you know. If a program is started in a dir - please be nice and work in that dir. Like, when I type git - it looks at the current directory (surprise!), not some home user profile folder or whatever! Don't be like Microsoft reinventing standards.

[Stanzilla]

@alex-jitbit PRs welcome!

[thewingit]

@daxgames As said, we want to be able to type cmder in the Windows explorer's address bar and the console opens up in that directory. I used fix from @pimterry and that seems to work, but as he sais, its a bit hacky and that quick flash of the standard cmd window is a little annoying...

[daxgames]

This is fixed try a nightly build. See the readme.md

[NicolasZapata]

Hi there!!
I add the file location in enviromente varables, but only copy and paste all cmder's folder, not the bin, and that work!!! (for me).

Something like this.