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Dragging a file into command prompt on Vista / 2008 server

When entering commands into the command prompt if part of that command needed a file path you used to be able to drag the file from explorer into the command prompt and it would poplulate the full file path saving a bit of typing. Apparantly due to the elevated security permissions needed to run the command prompt this is no longer allowed. I finally bothered to look for a fix for this and found a work around.
Shift right click on the file in explorer and select copy as path.. you can then right click and select paste into the command prompt.

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