1. Open a command prompt.
  2. To launch GitHub Desktop to the last opened repository, type github. To launch GitHub Desktop for a particular repository, use the github command followed by the path to the repository.

    C:\Users\octocat> github path\to\repo
    

    You can also change to your repository path and type github followed by a period.

    C:\Users\octocat> cd repo\myrepo
    C:\Users\octocat\repo\myrepo> github .