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Command Prompt in XP
Name: Justin Date: July 4, 2002 at 13:00:57 Pacific
Comment:
Here's one. ANybody know how to make CMD open in the root directory C:\ everytime like it did in win2k. i know you can use extra parameters when running CMD, but i was hoping somebody knows a registry hack os something else to inable the COmmand Prompt th open at C:\ and not your local profile root. thanks
One way arund this is to create a new shortcut go to properties>shortcut, set target as C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Start in C:\
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Response Number 2
Name: Peter Date: July 4, 2002 at 15:06:18 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Justin,
I have a batch file for that and named it '.bat and I have it in C root Directory. The text has three lines:
echo off cd.. cls
This way I just need to hit the key left from the Enter key then Enter. If some subfolders are open I just hit the ' and enter again. cd.. goes one Directory back, cls clears the screen. You can change cd.. to cd\ and you have to hit it just once to be in C.
Cheers de Peter
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Response Number 3
Name: Date: July 4, 2002 at 17:32:18 Pacific
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i think in tweakui (powertoys), you might be able to disable the option where XP will open the command prompt in the current directory (or is it to enable it?) Unless I'm confusing it with some other tweak program...
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