Start command shell in Administrator mode (Ctrl Shift K) starts in wrong folder

Question

ScottHollows opened this issue 2 years ago · comments

Issue) If you press CTRL SHIFT K the command shell opens in Administrator mode with the current working directory being C:\Windows\system32

Expected Behaviour the current working directory should be the current directory in file manager

This issue only occurs when opening the shell in Administrator mode (CTRL SHIFT K).
It does not occur when opening the shell in normal mode (CTRL K)

When fixing the issue, please test for the current drive being C: and also test another drive as well as C: is the default

Occurs in;

schinagl · Answer 1 · Sun Dec 11 2022 04:15:31 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I came around this too, but I doubt this is a bug but more a feature:

The 'Start in' is explicitly ignored when elevation is performed so that malicious binaries can do less harm.

We could overcome this by appending /k cd /d <path> when issuing cmd.exe

Craig Wittenberg · Answer 2 · Tue Dec 13 2022 04:12:12 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Well, it is not by design, just a bug I never got around to fixing.

schinagl · Answer 3 · Tue Dec 13 2022 05:10:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Then lets change it: #367

schinagl · Answer 4 · Sat Jan 14 2023 16:25:49 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

#367 has been merged. Can we close this now?

shollows · Answer 5 · Sat Jan 14 2023 17:19:18 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I logged the bug.

I am closing it now as resolved

Thank you to everyone who helped with this