The cmd command cd
takes me to a directory I never spend any time in.
I would like it to take me to C:\Users\Kacy\Documents\
by default.
Unfortunately, set cd = C:\Users\Kacy\Documents\
does not work.
Is there a simple way to change this setting within the cmd terminal ?
The command
cd
without any arguments simply displays the current directory; it doesn't "take you" anywhere.From an already open command prompt, you can't change this using simply
cd
. You can write a batch file that does it for you, and run that instead. Create a plain text file with Notepad that contains just one line.Save it as
MyDocs.bat
or something that you can remember easily.If you want a command prompt to always open in a certain location, create a desktop shortcut to it with the command (program)
And then double-click that desktop shortcut to open the command prompt.
Note the double quotes around the directory name are necessary if the directory name includes spaces.