Howto Change Drive Prompt Permanently

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Dear Experts,

Whenever I start DOS command prompt through

Start->Run->cmd

it always give me H: \ >

How can I change it permanently to
C: \somepath\>

So whenever I open DOS prompt it will always be there at:

C: \somepath\>

Thanks and hope to hear from you again.


Regards,
Edward
 
That is controlled by the environment settings Homedrive and Homepath.

Simplest solution is to create a shortcut for cmd.exe, and in its properties
change the Start In setting to the desired drive/path.


"foolishbrat" <ewijaya@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Dear Experts,

Whenever I start DOS command prompt through

Start->Run->cmd

it always give me H: \ >

How can I change it permanently to
C: \somepath\>

So whenever I open DOS prompt it will always be there at:

C: \somepath\>

Thanks and hope to hear from you again.


Regards,
Edward
 
On Dec 25, 12:52 pm, "Val" <vma...@NOSPAMrap.midco.net> wrote:
> That is controlled by the environment settings Homedrive and Homepath.
>
> Simplest solution is to create a shortcut for cmd.exe, and in its properties
> change the Start In setting to the desired drive/path.
>
> "foolishbrat" <ewij...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:28de1248-3def-45fd-ac94-96925bd811d8@b40g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Dear Experts,
>
> Whenever I start DOS command prompt through
>
> Start->Run->cmd
>
> it always give me H: \ >
>
> How can I change it permanently to
> C: \somepath\>
>
> So whenever I open DOS prompt it will always be there at:
>
> C: \somepath\>
>
> Thanks and hope to hear from you again.
>
> Regards,
> Edward

How to change the default startup directory for Command Prompt?
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoruncmd.htm
 
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