Opening cmd in a particular disk in Windows

Question

I want to track a file on hard drive "D", while cmd is always opening to hard drive "C" by default.

As you see, I have a file in hard drive "D", but I want to track it on cmd. However I can't because cmd is on hard drive "C" by default.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 18 '15 at 11:40

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Enter

D:

that should be sufficient

answered Aug 18 '15 at 11:40

Skeeve

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 18 '15 at 11:50

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cd D:\folder\subfolder\directory

cd stands for Change Directory

if you want to open the cmd prompt at this location, create a shortcut to cmd, but set the start-in location to D:.. whatever your path was.

edited Aug 18 '15 at 11:50

DavidPostill

answered Aug 18 '15 at 11:39

Fazer87

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 18 '15 at 11:39

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Starting cmd with the following command:

cmd /k D:

answered Aug 18 '15 at 11:39

Loki

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