diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/mainframe.cpp b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/mainframe.cpp
index b9e6b970dba..0f3edf3a372 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/mainframe.cpp
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/mainframe.cpp
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ int MainFrameBase::Command(int id, int code)
 		ExecuteDialog dlg = {{0}, 0};
 
 		if (DialogBoxParam(g_Globals._hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_EXECUTE), _hwnd, ExecuteDialog::WndProc, (LPARAM)&dlg) == IDOK) {
-			CONTEXT("ShellExecute()");
+			CONTEXT("ID_EXECUTE - ShellExecute()");
 
 			HINSTANCE hinst = ShellExecute(_hwnd, NULL/*operation*/, dlg.cmd/*file*/, NULL/*parameters*/, NULL/*dir*/, dlg.cmdshow);
 
@@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ int MainFrameBase::Command(int id, int code)
 		break;
 
 	  case IDW_COMMANDBAR:
-		//@todo execute command in command bar
+		if (code == 1)
+			ExecuteCommandbar(NULL);
 		break;
 
 	  default:
@@ -441,6 +442,36 @@ int MainFrameBase::Command(int id, int code)
 }
 
 
+void MainFrameBase::ExecuteCommandbar(LPCTSTR dir)
+{
+	TCHAR cmd[BUFFER_LEN];
+
+	if (GetWindowText(_hcommandedit, cmd, BUFFER_LEN)) {
+		CONTEXT("ExecuteCommandbar - ShellExecute()");
+
+		 // remove command prompt from 'cmd' string
+		LPCTSTR p = cmd;
+
+		if (*p == '>')
+			++p;
+
+		while(*p == ' ')
+			++p;
+
+		if (dir) {
+			 // remove "file://" from directory URL
+			if (!_tcsnicmp(dir, TEXT("file://"), 7))
+				dir += 7;
+		}
+
+		HINSTANCE hinst = ShellExecute(_hwnd, NULL, p, NULL, dir, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
+
+		if ((int)hinst <= 32)
+			display_error(_hwnd, GetLastError());
+	}
+}
+
+
 int MainFrameBase::Notify(int id, NMHDR* pnmh)
 {
 	switch(pnmh->code) {
@@ -1121,6 +1152,20 @@ int MDIMainFrame::Command(int id, int code)
 		MainFrameBase::Create(NULL, false);
 		break;
 
+	  case IDW_COMMANDBAR:
+		if (code == 1) {
+			TCHAR url[BUFFER_LEN];
+			LPCTSTR dir;
+
+			if (GetWindowText(_haddressedit, url, BUFFER_LEN))
+				dir = url;
+			else
+				dir = NULL;
+
+			ExecuteCommandbar(dir);
+		}
+		break;
+
 	///@todo There are even more menu items!
 
 	  default:
@@ -1488,6 +1533,11 @@ int SDIMainFrame::Command(int id, int code)
 		MainFrameBase::Create(_url, true);
 		break;
 
+	  case IDW_COMMANDBAR:
+		if (code == 1)
+			ExecuteCommandbar(_url);
+		break;
+
 	  default:
 		return super::Command(id, code);
 	}
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/mainframe.h b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/mainframe.h
index 1fc6f2c2d13..900a890e8f5 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/mainframe.h
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/mainframe.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ protected:
 
 	void	FillBookmarks();
 	virtual bool go_to(LPCTSTR url, bool new_window);
+
+	void	ExecuteCommandbar(LPCTSTR dir);
 };