So you can replace PowerShell with the command prompt on the Windows 10 taskbar

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Currently, by default in Windows 10, when you right-click on the access to the start menu from the taskbar, or when you press Windows + X to access the advanced options of the system, only an access to Windows PowerShell.

However, in early versions of Microsoft's operating system, a command prompt access always appeared instead, something that some users prefer. If this is your case, and you do not want to have to search for it every time you want to access it, but you prefer to be able to enter directly from this direct access, you should not worry, then in the latest versions the possibility of replacing this option appears.

How to make the command prompt instead of Windows PowerShell appear on the taskbar

As we mentioned, to say that in this case we are referring to the shortcut that appears when you press the Win + X key combination on the keyboard, or when you right-click on the taskbar, because by default the options that appear are Windows PowerShellWindows PowerShell (Administrator), but these can be changed to the command prompt.

To do this, you just have to access system settings (you can do it from the Start menu) and then in the main menu, you must select the option "Personalization". Next, in the bar that you will find on the left with the different selections, you will have to choose "Taskbar" and, finally, among the different configurations that you will find in this regard, you must disable the option called "Replace Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the menu by right-clicking the Start button or pressing Windows key + X".

Replace Windows PowerShell with command prompt in Windows 10

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Once you have made this change, it will be applied automatically, and the next time you access the advanced options menu by right-clicking on Start or with Windows + X, you will see how among the available options you will now see both Symbol of the system as Command Prompt (Administrator).


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