Questions tagged [cmder]

Cmder is a portable console emulator for Windows. It is based on ConEmu with major config overhaul and spiced up with the Monokai color scheme!

Cmder wraps the functionality of ConEmu and clink to provide a beautiful and highly customizable console emulator on Windows.

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How to change default path in cmder

I have Cmder for Windows it has default path c:\Users\ username and I want to change it to any other path I like or want. How do I change it ? Also cmder can replace cmd.exe meaning is it possible to set cmder as default program insted of cmd.exe
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Cmder - Use to cycle through the auto completes candidates?

In the original cmd.exe in Windows, can be used to cycle through the auto completes candidates. But in cmder, this feature seems to be removed. Is there anyway to enable it?
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Cmder PowerShell ignores profiles

I have some aliases set in Current User, Current Host and Current User, All Hosts. Starting PowerShell (i.e. outside of Cmder) loads those profiles and so aliases are available. Starting PowerShell inside Cmder ignores those profiles. Is there…
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ConEmu / Cmder - Drag Tab into New Window

In Cmder / ConEmu, I was working with multiple tabs, and realized it'd be helpful to have them side-by-side. In Chrome/Firefox, I'd click a tab and drag it out of the parent window and release; it'll spawn a new window with just that tab. I know I…
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How do I configure environment variables in cmder?

I'm using cmder (https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder), and would like to be able to: Configure entries to be automatically added the PATH when I start cmder Configure environment variables that will be automatically set when I start cmder How do I…
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cmder: make a new tab open in the directory of the already-open tab

When I press Ctrl+T to open a new tab in Cmder, I want the new tab to open in the same directory as the old tab (the tab that I was in, when I hit Ctrl+T). This will avoid a lot of cd commands in the new tab, to get to the same working directory as…
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How to add current date/time to clink/cmder prompt

I'm a rather happy user of clink via the great cmder package. The only thing I miss is an easy way to set the command prompt to display the current date/time (and last exit code, history number, as in bash... etc). Could someone point me to the…
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How do I update Cmder to use PowerShell Core?

With PowerShell Core 6.0.0 released I'd like to start using it instead of Windows 10's default PowerShell. I currently use Cmder for this, which is based upon ConEmu. There are already two PowerShell tasks and I assume that I can update them to…
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How do properly add "Open Cmder" Here in the windows context menu?

I installed Cmder with the chocolatey: https://chocolatey.org/packages/Cmder and I would like to have a shortcut in my context menu to open cmder in the current directory. I followed [the official wiki]: Windows Registry Editor Version…
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What choices do I have about where to install software on Windows 10?

I am brand new to Windows (been a Unix user all my life), and the first thing I want to do is set up cmder. Following the obvious path has lead to download the mini package from cmder.net. But from there I'm not sure what to do. Apparently I can run…
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How to create Cmder shortcut to start a task

I created a simple task that will start the Linux subsystem, execute zsh and run it on my desktop. However I would like to create a shortcut for this specific task on my taskbar. Reason for this is because I don't want Cmder to do that by default, I…
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"'doskey' is not recognized" when using Cmder

I'm trying to use Cmder (version 1.2) for common tasks on my Windows 7, but I'm having some issues doskey: when I start the Cmder displays this error message: 'doskey' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch…
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How should I install Far Manager into Cmder?

I have just unzipped the cmder package. Cmder wraps ConEmu nicely. But how do I install Far Manager properly? I can think of cmder\, cmder\vendor\ and cmder\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ as possible locations, but I have actually no clue how to approach…
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Docker on Conemu

I am trying to make docker run on ConEmu by creating a task that open up Docker start.sh file usinggit bash. Since normally docker Terminal is pointing to "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" --login -i "C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\start.sh" ,is…
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Rename tab from MinGW-console using ConEmu

I'm using the cmder (ConEmu) with Git Bash-tabs (MinGW) and I want to rename the current tab with a console command. Within a cmd-Tab I can use cmd /c RenameTab "myTabName" but I a need a similar command for the Git Bash. The reason for this is as…
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