Windows registry edit to add Bash and Command Prompt items to Explorer context menu

bash-and-cmd-in-context-menu.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Bash]
@="Bash"
"Icon"=hex(2):22,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,\
  00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,\
  77,00,73,00,6c,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,00,00
; REG_EXPAND_SZ "%SystemRoot%\System32\wsl.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Bash\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
  00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,77,00,\
  73,00,6c,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,00,00
; REG_EXPAND_SZ "%SystemRoot%\System32\wsl.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Command Prompt]
@="Command Prompt"
"Icon"=hex(2):22,00,25,00,43,00,6f,00,6d,00,53,00,70,00,65,00,63,00,25,00,22,\
  00,00,00,
; REG_EXPAND_SZ "%ComSpec%"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Command Prompt\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,43,00,6f,00,6d,00,53,00,70,00,65,00,63,00,25,00,22,00,00,\
  00
; REG_EXPAND_SZ "%ComSpec%"

Updated the Bash icon path to its new location in the Win10 fall update (assuming you installed the Ubuntu package).

Updated the Ubuntu icon and command paths again

Updated to call wsl.exe in System32 instead of trying to go to the Ubuntu package, whose path keeps obnoxiously changing

I added an alternate version of this gist that opens these using Windows Terminal instead of the legacy console windows.