" 'devenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command ..."
<p>Is there a way to just open a VS project from the command prompt? For example, the way with Atom, you can navigate to the folder you'd like to open and just run "<code>atom .</code>" Does that kind of utility exist for VS? </p>

<p><strong>edit</strong>: Would the equivalent to this be "<code>C:\&gt; devenv /run SomeSolution.sln</code>" ?</p>

<p>if so, great! But there still seems to be a problem because I think the "devenv" command should at least be recognized, but I currently get </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>'devenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I saw that a S/O contributer <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15704230/run-devenv-from-commandline">recommended adding</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
  10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe</p>
</blockquote>

<p>to the PATH environment variables values like <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ee537574(v=office.14).aspx" rel="noreferrer">this</a>, per MSDN, which I did, but I get the same message. </p>

<p>Can anyone explain what might be going on and how to fix it? Thanks</p>