Re: Command prompt - change default?

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Keep having fun, Pete. ;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Pete L <peterlavington@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Works fine now - many thanks again for your help, Wes!
Wesley Vogel wrote:
If \MinGW is valid.

Try this...

Right click the Desktop | New | Shortcut |
Paste this in the location box:

%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe

Click Next | Click Finish |

Right click the new cmd.exe shortcut | Properties |
In the Start in box replace %windir% with \MinGW |
Click Apply | Click OK

You can also change the Start in for the cmd shortcut located under
Accessories on the Start Menu.

Right click the cmd shortcut | Properties | Type: \MinGW in the
Start in box

HOW TO: Set the Command Processor Appearance in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309019

Set the Command prompt default path to a certain directory
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoruncmd.htm


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Pete L <peterlavington@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I'm sure it's simple but I have had a real good look through web sites
to find the answer before I try this route......

When I open a command prompt window the line defaults to directory
"\Documents and Settings\Peter" I don't want this directory and I would
like it to default to a directory called \MinGW whenever I open a
command prompt window so I can run some C++ programs.

How do I do this please??
.

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