Open Cygwin at a specific folder

Question

How can I create a Cygwin shortcut that will open Cygwin at a specific folder? This would obviate having to type

cd /cygdrive/c/Users/Tom/Desktop/


        

Answer 1

I used the following lines of code to start zsh in the current directory in Win7.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cygwin_bash]
@="Open Cygwin Here"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cygwin_bash\command]
@="\"C:\\Programmieren\\cygwin64\\bin\\mintty.exe\" -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico /bin/zsh --login -c 'cd \"%V\";zsh'"

note that i used %V instead of %L or %1 (since both didn't work for me)

Answer 2

I use and Icon to launch my cygwin without the chere package.

1. Create a shortcut on my desktop for the cygwin terminal.
2. R-click the icon and select properties.
3. On the shortcut tab, use this for the TARGET: C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -c 'cd'
4. For START IN, Put the path of the dir/folder where you want to launch cygwin. i.e. C:\some\dir\name\here

Answer 3

I have made a registry edit script to open Cygwin at any folder you right click. It's on my GitHub.

Here's my GitHub

Sample RegEdit code from Github for 64-bit machines:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CygwinHere]
@="&Cygwin Bash Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CygwinHere\command]
@="C:\\cygwin64\\bin\\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico C:\\cygwin64\\bin\\bash.exe --login -c \"cd \\\"%V\\\" ; exec bash -rcfile ~/.bashrc\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\CygwinHere]
@="&Cygwin Bash Here"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\CygwinHere\command]
@="C:\\cygwin64\\bin\\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico C:\\cygwin64\\bin\\bash.exe --login -c \"cd \\\"%V\\\" ; exec bash -rcfile ~/.bashrc\""

Answer 4

I had also problem with git, that used to "steal" my cygwin commands - so i needed to run
C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -
but after installing chere and executing chere -i -t mintty -f as admin (see above), you can simply use :
C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe "."
I added this in Total Commander as custom button (right click on panel > add ...) and it works very well.

Answer 5

When a fresh install is needed, I create a Windows "user environment variable " named HOME and assigns it the path of wherever "My Documents" reside.

The cygwin installer detects the HOME variable, automatically translates this into a cygpath and selects this it to be my ~ directory.

This has worked fine for every workstation I have used professionally the last 5 years (about 3 or 4, Win7). I have always been the only user on these machines, cannot say what the effect is.

Answer 6

Open Cygwin terminal as Administrator

In powershell (using chocolatey):

choco install cyg-get

In cygwin Will Install right-click menu

cyg-get install chere
chere -i

Now you can right click and use "Bash Prompt Here" in any folder.