Hold Shift key to Reveal the Secrets

This was my lecture / demo last January 4, 2011 during the windows7ako new year party..

Ever wondered how to open a command prompt in any folder without typing the full path? How about having an extended sent to menu?

The SHIFT key will be your companion to unlock those secrets in your Windows 7.  By default if you right click a folder you can’t find an option that says “Open command window here.”  By holding the SHIFT key and right click a specific folder you can open an new command window containing the full path of that specific folder.

The “Send to” menu will just give you a few options to where you can send or transfer you files or folders.   What if I tell that by just pressing the SHIFT key and right clicking a file or folder, will give you an expanded Send to menu as shown below..

That’s just it! Unleash the power of your SHIFT key! :)