[Carter Hayes]

Hi there, just wondeed if anyone knows hot to change the default Xp command promopt?

When I type cmd.exe I get the default C: \Documents and Settings\User ... and I wondered how to change this so it just displays C: or C:\ windows

Hope this makes sense!?

Cheers

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Were is starts is set the the short cut/icon that you use to open it. So right click the short cut and select properties. In the window that comes up you sould be able to see "Start in:" if you put C:\ is start is C:\

[Michael]

Were is starts is set the the short cut/icon that you use to open it. So right click the short cut and select properties. In the window that comes up you sould be able to see "Start in:" if you put C:\ is start is C:\

[Carter Hayes]

Hi there!, thanks for replying!

Sorry, could you repeat the steps to do that?

At moment I'm going Start-Run-enetering cmd.exe

What are the steps to do the ebove after that? Couldn't see what you meant ?

Thanks

[My2Cents]

Hi there!, thanks for replying!

Sorry, could you repeat the steps to do that?

At moment I'm going Start-Run-enetering cmd.exe

What are the steps to do the ebove after that? Couldn't see what you meant ?

Thanks

Hi there is a icon in Start/accessories there you can right clik and go properties and it will show target as this ,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%, you can change that to c:\ ,but it wont change where it goes when you use the run and the cmd.exe comand only for the icon in start

Edited by My2Cents, 14 May 2006 - 06:16 PM.

[Michael]

Well in that case you can't do it easly. You can make a short cut on the desktop by right clicking the desktop in the menu popup "new" then "shortcut" in the box cmd.exe, then "next" and then what you want to call the shortcut then click "finish". Then follow what I said above.

You don't have to have it start in C:\ if you type out the full path to files that are not in C:\windows\system32

[Carter Hayes]

Sorry I still don't understand how to do what you have suggested above.

[Carter Hayes]

What I'm trying to do is have it opn like this:

http://www.guidebook...mpt/winnt40.png

instead of displaying Documents and Settings\USer after it, if that makses sense?

[Fenor]

Go to START-->ALL PROGRAMS-->ACCESSORIES and right-click on command prompt. In the little menu that appears, highlight SEND TO and then left-click on DESKTOP (CREATE SHORTCUT). You will now find a shortcut to command prompt on the desktop. Right-click the shortcut on your desktop and select PROPERTIES. In the new window that appears, you will see a text box with %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% in it. Delete everything in this text box and type in C:\. Then click APPLY and OK. Now double-click on the shortcut to command prompt on your desktop and you will see it now goes to C:\ instead of C:\Documents and Settings\Username.

Fenor

[Carter Hayes]

Done! Thank you!

[Fenor]

Your welcome!

Fenor

[My2Cents]

lol

[gerryf]

there is actually another way to do this if you are interested, but it can result in unintended results if you use batch files that require access to your profile (for example, I have a batch file that cleans out temp files)

start > run
regedit
{enter}

navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor

Right click in the right pane, choose NEW > STRING

call the string

AutoRun, then click off to set its name

Now double click and make the VALUE

cd \

(NOTE THE SPACE BETWEEN CD and the "slash")

What this does is it runs a command at the beginning of the command prompt (it autoruns it) before turning over control to you.
for setting it to the WINDOWS directory the command would be

cd \windows

(again, note space)


That way, no shortcut on your desktop for minimalists