With the previous versions (of Microsoft Windows NT), I’ve always liked associating Cmd.exe with Windows Explorer folders so I can immediately open a command prompt in the highlighted directory in Windows Explorer by right-clicking and selecting the entry I established for Cmd.exe.

Unfortunately Windows 2000 wouldn’t allow me to use my old and trusted technique to do just that. The old technique being, of course, to go to the Windows NT Explorer Options/File Types and associate the File Folder item with Cmd.exe.

Get this file and right-click it. Choose "Install" from the context menu and an item labeled "CMD Prompt Here" will appear when right-clicking on a folder. Selecting that item will open a command prompt in that directory.

As the File Folder item is not readily available in the file types list in Windows 2000 and you do not like the file provided here, you could alternatively get the Powertoys from Microsoft. The TweakUI Powertoy also provides this configuration possibility as one of it's options.