Tips&Tricks – Opening CMD or Powershell Directly from the Explorer Folder

And here’s a nice tip that at least for me was a nice surprise. I think it only works since Windows 10 but I’ve not tested it yet.

There’s a lot of articles explaining how to tweak Windows so that when you right-click somewhere you can open command-prompt (CMD) or anything else.
For me this is not ideal because I need to use a lot of different computers and it’s more practical to know tips and tricks that work on any computer that is not mine.

So, imagine you’re on a folder using Windows Explorer and you need to open powershell or cmd there.
It’s as easy as write that up in the Explorer’s address bar.

And yes…is as simples as that! ;)

Tips and Tricks – Activating Windows 10 in 2 Different Ways

If for some reason you’re having trouble to activate Windows 10 (it also works for previous versions) here’s 2 different ways to do it:

Launch Activation GUI

• Click Start
• Type slui 3 and press Enter
• On the Windows Activation window type your product key and you’re done

Command Line Activation

• Launch command-line (cmd) as Administrator
• Type slmgr.vbs /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx (where xxxxxx it’s your product key)
• Press Enter and wait for the confirmation dialog box
• Done