shortcut for opening cmd.exe at a certain location

Question

How can I create an icon\shortcut to a script that opens cmd.exe command prompt at a certain location on a certain drive under Win7?

Answer 1

i don't know in windows 7, but in windows xp and previous:

• create a shortcut to c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
• right-click -> properties
• in the "start in" write the desired target folder (e.g. f:\aviv\geffen)

click ok, and there you go.

Answer 2

Create a shortcut to cmd.exe, then go to its properties and edit the Target:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /K "D: & cd eclipse"

This would first change the current directory to D: and then cd into eclipse folder

Answer 3

Within Windows 7 you can just hold down the Shift key when right clicking a location and the Open Command Window Here option will then appear in the right-click menu. The starting location (path) is your right-click destination!

For previous versions of Windows, I came across this plug-in which inserts a 'Open Command Prompt' option into the right click menu - it will open it in the current folder/multiple command prompts in multiple locations with just a few clicks.