Re: Using Command Lines in Windows

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Hi,

Yes, that is what I wanted to do. However, my question is that I needed to
be able to run stuff that is not in C in my hard drive. My command line
prompt set up give me

U:>

whenever I open up the prompt. Is it possible to change it to something like
C: using cd?

Thanks for your help.

"John H" wrote:

Not sure what you are doing to shell to your command prompt, but in
>Programs >Accessories
there is a command prompt line that works basically the same as good old
dos.
Assuming you are using that, then same as for dos namely:
If say your home directory is d:\fred,
then to go to C drive type c:\ and hit enter key
then to change to any other folder in C drive, typing cd\fred and hit enter
keywill take you to c:\fred,
to go further out is slightly different to go from c:\fred to c:\fred\nerk,
then in c:\fred, type cd nerk and hit enter key this should take you to
c:\fred\nerk

Now if you want to go back to c:\fred from there, type cd.. and hit enter
key and you will go back one level to c:\fred

If you were in c:\ and wanted to go straight to c:\fred\nerk then you would
type cd\fred/nerk and hit enter key and

if you were in c:\fred\nerk and wanted to go to c:\ then you would type cd\

*** If the folder name exceeds 8 characters you may have to use the tilde ~1
convention,
such as c:\abcdefghijklm would be typed as c:\abcdef~1 (where the total
characters equal total of 8 including the tilde & the 1)

Have fun
John H



"Alice Wei" <AliceWei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C4059000-986B-4977-978F-D5EB438D1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I have been using the OS system a lot more in command line environments,
and now I have to use Windows to do this. I wonder if anyone could tell me
how I can change the directory when I am in the command line environment.

My home directory prompts a different drive number when I open up the
shell, and it is not a C. The files I need to run are all in C drive. Is
there some way I can do something like cd in Windows?

Thanks in advance.



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