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Stupid chang directory question

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how can i do a CD to a directory name that has spaces in it////ie. c:\documents and settings Thank you in advance Chris

Name: Hmmm
Date: August 16, 2002 at 16:21:37 Pacific

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Surround the directory name with "

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So do you mean like C:\>CD "DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS" That didnt do the trick.

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Name: astroraptor
Date: August 16, 2002 at 17:24:20 Pacific

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If you'd be using Windows 2000's CMD yes. But using DOS it's the first 6 characters in the filename then ~1, so CD\DOCUME~1 would work.

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cd .. c: dir if u type this could get somehing like this Document~1 or doc~1 etc............ type cd document~1 ..... etc

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Name: astroraptor
Date: August 17, 2002 at 06:34:20 Pacific

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Yes... that's it, just repeat almost word for word what I said.

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Name: John
Date: August 29, 2002 at 07:09:31 Pacific

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what if the name is "All Users" how would I go about tha???

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