start cmd.exe minimized/hidden via contextmenu
I've created a shortcut to the contextmenu by adding a new registryentry with this RE_SZ Key: cmd.exe start /min /c echo %1|clip
This allows me to copy the path of the rightclicked file.
BUT: It will always open a cmd window for a short time.
How can I hide this cmd window?
Solution 1:
Hide the cmd
window using ShellExecute method. Next registry setting works for a single file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\MyCopyAsPath]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\MyCopyAsPath\command]
@="wscript D:\\VB_scripts\\SU\\1007076.vbs \"%1\""
where D:\VB_scripts\SU\1007076.vbs
reads as follows:
option explicit
On Error GoTo 0
If WScript.Arguments.Count = 1 Then
Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject("shell.application")
objShell.ShellExecute "cmd.exe" _
, "/C echo(" & WScript.Arguments(0) & "|clip", "", "open", 0
Set objShell = nothing
Else
MsgBox "wrong numer of parameters"
End If
Wscript.Quit
Above script returns full path of a single file (or target of a file shortcut) and adds CRLF
(carriage return and linefeed). You could omit the CRLF
using set /P
trick as follows:
objShell.ShellExecute "cmd.exe" _
, "/C <NUL set /P =""" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """|clip", "", "open", 0
Next improvement to surround the path in a pair of "
double quotes:
objShell.ShellExecute "cmd.exe" _
, "/C <NUL set /P =""""" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """""|clip", "", "open", 0
FYI, here is registry key which stored the Copy as Path
context menu:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\CopyAsPathMenu]
"ProgrammaticAccessOnly"="Apartment"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\CopyAsPathMenu\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{f3d06e7c-1e45-4a26-847e-f9fcdee59be0}"