Is it possible to launch a shortcut in current directory path?

Question

I am trying to launch a Command Line Tool named cmder in the current working directory e.g. C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads.

Important note: I do not have Admin rights.

To achieve this I have created a windows shortcut, and used a Shortcut Key to launch it Ctrl + Alt + T and I set the Start in attribute to %CD% which is supposed to point to the current working directory path, but it will always launch cmder in the user home directory C:\Users\USERNAME. I have tried to change it to a different path, e.g. C:\Users and it will launch cmder in C:\Users, but this does not help me.

Shortcut Properties & cmder instance launched using this shortcut:

Answer 1

This is a method of using the Explorer's context-menu Send to to open cmder, which doesn't need admin rights:

• Position to the Send to folder by either:

  • Pressing Win+R and running shell:sendto, or
  • Position Explorer to the folder C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

• Create in this folder a file named cmder.bat that contains the following text (verify your path to Cmder.exe):

  cd "%*"
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\cmder\Cmder.exe"
  

• Now you can right-click on any folder and select Send to > cmder.bat.