Is it possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to a certain command in windows explorer?

Question

Here is my use case. Often I browse directories in windows explorer and find myself in need to open the gitbash at the current directory. Now git bash comes with a nice context menu entry

but since I do this so often, I would like to do this with a single keyboard shortcut. I imagine the command that would have to be executed would look like

"C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe" .

Is it possible assign such a keybinding to get this done using whatever tool/technique?

Solution 1

Here's a hotkey for this: git_bash_here.ahk; allows you to "Git Bash Here" with Ctrl+Alt+T as in Gnome.

Just grab the script (change C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe if your Git is installed elsewhere) and put it in your startup folder.

Solution 2

What I do is this:

• I have a batch file titled d.bat (located in a folder on my path), the content being: start "" "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\ConEmu\ConEmu64.exe ." (I use conemu as wrapper for git bash)
• In windows explorer I then type Alt-D + D + <enter>. The first will select the title bar, the second will run the batch file on the current path.

Solution 3

Sometimes I use a keyboard with a special "context menu" key, which brings up the menu shown in the screenshot.

Pressing s after that selects and executes the "git bash here" entry.

So two keys instead of one, and you need this special key on your keyboard, but it comes for free.

Comments

[chtenb]

It seems I can only create folders in System32, even with admin rights.

[LPChip]

Create the file elsewhere, and copy it in.

[chtenb]

Done that. Now when typing gb . in the address bar, firefox starts with a google search to "gb ."... Is there a reboot required?

[LPChip]

You're typing it in the file explorer's address bar right? That shouldn't happen, unless it can't find the gb.cmd file

[chtenb]

Exactly so. In explorer I type Alt-D (for address bar focus) and then type gb .<enter>. Let me try a reboot.

[chtenb]

Reboot is not helping either.

[LPChip]

can you open a command prompt, and type echo %path% and tell me if C:\windows\system32 is mentioned somewhere in that string? This should be the case, but if not could cause for these symptoms

[chtenb]

Yes, it's there!

[DavidPostill]

Please read the question again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question. "Is it possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to a certain command in windows explorer?"

[dwettstein]

Hi DavidPostill. I know, that's what I wrote in the last sentence. At least, my answers helps the questioner to make the solution by LPChip work.

[chtenb]

@dwettstein normally, if you're gonna give a very different second answer, just do this in a new post

[dwettstein]

You're right, sorry. I have copied it out.

[chtenb]

Used to be ctrl-alt-T for me in Gnome :) Anyway, great answer. So far I have been using the Menu-S shortcut. I just posted another answer to explain this. superuser.com/a/1152589/153117

[Yibo Yang]

sorry I meant to type ctrl+alt+T; updated!