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15 years ago

Invoke "Nios II Command Shell" in your development folder using a right-click

It can be tedious to invoke a "Nios II Command Shell" in a specific folder having a long path, because if you invoke it from the start menu "start->altera->nios ii eds->nios ii command shell", the cu...
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13 years ago

This registry trick to enable invocation of the "Nios II command shell" seems to only work in Win7 explorer if invoked on a folder in the right file pane! Then the command prompt is started in the folder containg the folder you right-click on. I.e. the right pane's folder. If invoked in the left pane, it always has windows\system32 as current directory - not useful at all.

Wish someone could explain how all this right-click stuff really works.

Anyway, here is a small update of the registry script, adding discriptive information on how to use it at click-time and the latest Quartus path - which will change on next release of quartus and you will find you have to update once again. 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
@="NIOS II command shell here (Use in right pane only)"
@="\"C:\\Altera\\12.1\\nios2eds\\Nios II Command Shell.bat\""