Change PowerShell To Command Prompt

Command prompt is a bit depreciated now and MS are trying to switch people to use powershell, just like the move from control panel to settings.

There are some "solutions" here.

Outlaw said:

How do you change from PowerShell to Command Prompt using file explorer ?

I'm not sure if it's possible to change File Explorer's 'open PowerShell' on the 'File' ribbon, but you can add a context menu to open one. See @Brink's tutorials.

Open command window here - Add in Windows 10
Open command window here as administrator - Add in Windows 10


Also, you could just open PowerShell and type CMD to switch it to a command prompt.

In addition: :)

Show Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell on Win+X menu in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials

swarfega said:

Command prompt is a bit depreciated now and MS are trying to switch people to use powershell, just like the move from control panel to settings.

There are some "solutions" here.

OK, I am one of these "old school" guys who remembers that the folder system introduced in DOS 2 was a big improvement. So when PowerShell appeared, I thought I would find something that somehow "improved" on the 1980s-ish cmd set of commands.

What I did find was way more complex, more like "real programming" than DOS-like commands. So I sure hope that Microsoft never removes cmd from Windows.

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