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You should also be able to setup a shortcut to run CMD and simply change the Working directory as well.<br />
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Create a shortcut<br />
- commandline is CMD.EXE<br />
- change the Start In directory to wherever you want it, variables do work, as by default it uses %WINDIR%<br />
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(Note: I am running this from Windows XP btw)
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Ok this may seem a little mundane and rediculus but its just something that has bugged me slightly for a while so I figured I would ask you all about it as the solution does not appear to be as obvious as it might seem.<br />
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When you open a command prompt it automatically defaults to &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\username&quot;... my question for you all is; Is there a way to change that to just default to the system drive, in this case, &quot;C:\&gt;&quot; ?
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Ok this may seem a little mundane and rediculus but its just something that has bugged me slightly for a while so I figured I would ask you all about it as the solution does not appear to be as obvious as it might seem.

When you open a command prompt it automatically defaults to "C:\Documents and Settings\username"... my question for you all is; Is there a way to change that to just default to the system drive, in this case, "C:\>" ?

You should also be able to setup a shortcut to run CMD and simply change the Working directory as well.

Create a shortcut
- commandline is CMD.EXE
- change the Start In directory to wherever you want it, variables do work, as by default it uses %WINDIR%

(Note: I am running this from Windows XP btw)

Change the default location of a command prompt?

Ok this may seem a little mundane and rediculus but its just something that has bugged me slightly for a while so I figured I would ask you all about it as the solution does not appear to be as obvious as it might seem.

When you open a command prompt it automatically defaults to &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\username&quot;... my question for you all is; Is there a way to change that to just default to the system drive, in this case, &quot;C:\&gt;&quot; ?

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