psynapse: that's sort of drastic; does it work (do batch files still work, safe mode, etc.)? :D

kramp: the end method of running the thing you mean?

I favor just calling it through a hotkey, since you do use a keyboard to work the command prompt.

Assuming you use an OTS setup, in $PersonalDir$evars.rc, you could redefine CmdPrompt to "$ComSpec$" and in $PersonalDir$hotkey.rc have something like

Or if you're lazy, just have in a good place

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