Dec 30, 2009

Drag and Drop to Command Prompt feature in Windows 7

The Windows 7 Command Prompt now supports drag & drop of files. This means that to enter the destination of any file you can just drag & drop it into the command prompt window.

win7

This small feature is not so useful for most users, but for those who work frequently in Windows command prompt, this is a lifesaver.

Sadly this drag & drop functionality is only for files and does not apply with some text commands which you might need to copy/paste in the command prompt quickly. Whether the files are executable, text files, documents, or whatever, they can now all be dragged and dropped into the command prompt.

1 comments:

Walter GR said...

This has existed since XP.

Note that it doesn't work if you're dragging from a non-privileged window into a command prompt running as administrator.

Text Widget

Copyright © Vinay's Blog | Powered by Blogger

Design by | Blogger Theme by