Open With CMD

Command Prompt, with a pause.

Auto-pauses and times applications.

Console applications have one problem, they auto-close when they are not opened via Command Prompt.

Open With CMD automates the process of opening the Command Prompt in the folder, typing the app's name and pressing enter to run the app. It offers the same privilege on the said process by keeping the console window alive after exit. It also shows execution time after the app's execution.

This lightweight programmer's tool will be a great fit for command line gurus especially those who run scripts. Scripts can be tested without worrying about not reading the exceptions that may cause the script to exit quickly, leaving insufficient time to read and analyze the exception message.

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Table of Contents

1. User's Hub

   1. How to use
   2. How it works
      1. For GUI-based applications
      2. For console applications
   3. Will run on...

2. Contributor's Hub

   1. Tools needed
   2. How to configure setup/installer file

3. Licenses

4. History

5. Releases

User's Hub

How to use

1. Right click on the app (shortcut .lnk or the app .exe itself) you want to open

2. Click Open with command prompt on the context menu.

How it works

For GUI-based applications,

• A seperate console window is opened.

  

• Debugging/exception/log messages is shown in the separate console window.

• Once the GUI closes,

• Separate console window remains opened.

• Execution time is shown in the seperate console window.

For console applications,

• No separate console window will be opened.
• Debugging/exception/log messages is shown in main console window.
• Once the execution is done,
• Main console window remains opened.
• Execution time is shown in main console window.

Will run on...

• Windows 7 to 10 (tested 💯)
• Windows Vista & XP (untested ❌)
• Below XP (run at your own risk ⚠️)

Contributor's Hub

Tools needed

• C Compiler: GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection
• Tested on versions 4.8.1 to 5.3.0
• Untested on newer versions
• Resources Compiler: windres
• Installer Compiler: NSIS 3.0
• Installer Editor: HM NIS Edit

How to configure setup/installer file

• Make sure you have atleast NSIS 3.0 and HM NIS Edit installed on your machine.
  • If not, go to http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download and download nsis-3.0-setup
  • Then, run nsis-3.0-setup
• Open setup.nsi with HM NIS Edit
• Make sure to Compile setup.nsi after editing it.

Licenses

This project uses Mozilla Public License Version 2.0

• See the full LICENSE file
• MPL 2.0 Site
• MPL 2.0 FAQs
• MPL 2.0 Overview

terminal.ico and terminal.png uses Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

• Icon license file
• CC BY 4.0 Site
• CC BY 4.0 Legal Code

History

• April 2015 (started)
• November 2016 (github debut)

Releases

v1.0