diff --git a/src/GUI/EFCorePowerTools/EFCorePowerToolsPackage.cs b/src/GUI/EFCorePowerTools/EFCorePowerToolsPackage.cs
index f141bf686..45664fcc3 100644
--- a/src/GUI/EFCorePowerTools/EFCorePowerToolsPackage.cs
+++ b/src/GUI/EFCorePowerTools/EFCorePowerToolsPackage.cs
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ private async void OnReverseEngineerConfigFileMenuBeforeQueryStatus(object sende
                     menuCommand.Text = ButtonLocale.cmdidReverseEngineerRefresh;
                     break;
                 case PkgCmdIDList.cmdidDabStart:
-                    menuCommand.Text = "EF Core Power Tools - Start DAB";
+                    menuCommand.Text = "Start Data API Builder";
                     break;
 
                 default:
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ private async void OnReverseEngineerConfigFileMenuInvokeHandler(object sender, E
                         return;
                     }
 
-                    await VS.MessageBox.ShowConfirmAsync("Launch DAB");
+                    dabBuilderHandler.LaunchDab(item.FullPath);
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/src/GUI/Shared/Handlers/DabBuilderHandler.cs b/src/GUI/Shared/Handlers/DabBuilderHandler.cs
index 039c49993..01a1eec0b 100644
--- a/src/GUI/Shared/Handlers/DabBuilderHandler.cs
+++ b/src/GUI/Shared/Handlers/DabBuilderHandler.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ public DabBuilderHandler(EFCorePowerToolsPackage package)
             vsDataHelper = new VsDataHelper();
         }
 
+        public void LaunchDab(string configPath)
+        {
+            var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(configPath);
+
+            var proc = new Process();
+            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd";
+            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = $" /k \"cd /d {path} && dab start\"";
+            proc.Start();
+        }
+
         public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task BuildDabConfigAsync(Project project)
         {
             await ThreadHelper.JoinableTaskFactory.SwitchToMainThreadAsync();