Open Windows Terminal with Right Click

Aravind Reddy V — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 08:10:58 +0000

In this post I would like to show you how to add an Open Terminal here entry to Right-Click menu in Windows.

First, download the new Windows Terminal. It is awesome!

Also, you can get a script to run all the commands for you here: https://github.com/zeroby0/open-terminal-here

Download the Windows Terminal icon

Open a new Terminal window and type these commands to download a high resolution icon to show in the menu.

$ICON_URL  = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeroby0/open-terminal-here/master/wt.ico"
$ICON_PATH = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\wt_terminal"
$WT_PATH   = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe"

# Download icon
New-Item -ItemType "directory" -Path    "$ICON_PATH"
Invoke-WebRequest  "$ICON_URL" -OutFile "$ICON_PATH\wt.ico"

Registry keys for folders

Now let's add some registry entries. You can now click on a folder and open terminal there.

# Add entry on folders
$REG_PATH = "HKCU:\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\wt_terminal"
New-Item -Path $REG_PATH -Value "Open in Terminal" -Force
New-Item -Path "$REG_PATH\command" -Value "$WT_PATH -d `"%V%`"" -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path $REG_PATH -Name "Icon" -Value "$ICON_PATH\wt.ico"

Registry keys inside folders

To open Terminal inside a folder by clicking on the Explorer background, run the following commands.

# Add entry inside folders
$REG_PATH = "HKCU:\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\wt_terminal"
New-Item -Path $REG_PATH -Value "Open Terminal here" -Force
New-Item -Path "$REG_PATH\command" -Value "$WT_PATH -d `"%V%`"" -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path $REG_PATH -Name "Icon" -Value "$ICON_PATH\wt.ico"

Conclusion

Aand that's it! It should work on all the recent builds on Windows 10. But if it doesn't work for you, let me know in the comments below and I'll try to help. 🙂

Unix pranks to slowly drive your friends mad

Aravind Reddy V — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 06:43:31 +0000

I made a small, fun list of pranks to troll people. I'm looking forward to see what ideas you have, so please add them in the comments.

1. Slow down their Terminal.

Every time a new Terminal is started, it's slowed down by .1 seconds. 😈

2. Change `ssh` folder to `shh`

From this: https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1045760653510815744

3. Change Editors!

Vim opens emacs, nano opens vi, and so on. I've been called one of Top ten evil people for this 😂

4. Make `date` return random dates

Similarly, for the cal command,

5. Make `cat` print an actual cat!

This happens randomly. The base64 string is for the cat.

function cat() {
    rdm=$(( ((RANDOM<<15)|RANDOM) % 5000 ));
    if test $rdm -lt 400
    then
        base64 -D <<< "ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgVC4iLS5fLi4tLS0uLl8sLSIvfAogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBsfCItLiAgXy52Ll8gICAoIiB8CiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIFtsIC8uJ18gXDsgX34iLS5gLXQKICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgWSAiIF8ob30gX3tvKS5fIF4ufAogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBqICBUICAsLTx2Pi0uICBUICBdCiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIFwgIGwgKCAvLV4tXCApICEgICEKICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIFwuIFwuICAifiIgIC4vICAvYy0uLixfXwogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBeci0gLi5fIC4tIC4tIiAgYC0gLiAgfiItLS4KICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgID4gXC4gICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgXAogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgXSAgIF4uICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgXAogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgMyAgLiAgIj4gICAgICAgICAgICAuICAgICAgIFkKICAgICAgICAgLC5fXy4tLS5fICAgX2ogICBcIH4gICAuICAgICAgICAgOyAgICAgICB8CiAgICAgICAgKCAgICB+Ii0uX34iXi5fXCAgIF4uICAgIF4uXyAgICAgIEkgICAgIC4gbAogICAgICAgICAiLS5fIF9fXyB+Ii0sXzcgICAgLlotLl8gICA3IiAgIFkgICAgICA7ICBcICAgICAgICBfCiAgICAgICAgICAgIC8iICAgIn4tKHIgciAgXy9fLS0uX34tLyAgICAvICAgICAgLywuLS1eLS5fICAgLyBZCiAgICAgICAgICAgICItLl8gICAgJyJ+fn4+LS5ffl0+LS1eLS0tLi9fX19fLC5efiAgICAgICAgXi5eICAhCiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICB+LS0uXyAgICAnICAgWS0tLS4gICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBcLi8KICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgfn4tLS5fICBsXyAgICkgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBcCiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIH4tLl9+fn4tLS0uXyxfX19fLi4tLS0gICAgICAgICAgIFwKICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIH4tLS0tIn4gICAgICAgXAogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgXA=="
    else
        /bin/cat $1
    fi;
}

I have a GitHub repository with more pranks and copy-paste-able code: zeroby0/pranks. You can find more pranks at Mathias Bynens' Evil.sh

Also, Hi! I don't believe we've met before. I'm Aravind. I program micro-controllers, and design websites. Take care not to cause damage while you have fun.

Have a great day! (or night, wherever you are)

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