Re: cmd.exe



On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:05:02 +0200, "Robert Starzynski \(kurð\)"
<comeasyouare*at*o2.pl> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory:

>|-----Original Message-----
>|From: Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server] [mailto:oenews01@xxxxxxxx]
>|Posted At: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:51 PM
>|Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory
>|Conversation: cmd.exe
>|Subject: Re: cmd.exe
>|
>|
>|Hi,
>|mjerikboo777 wrote:
>|> whenever I open cmd it always opens on my home dir. U:\
>|>
>|> How can I make it open for myself, and end users, on the C:\ drive?
>|>
>|> This seems simple, but I couldn't find information about it
>|> specifically anywhere.
>|>
>|check the properties of the shortcut to Command Prompt in your
>|start menu under Accessories. Here you can alter where the
>|command starts.
>|Default is
>|%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
>|Best greetings from Germany
>|Olaf
>|
>This is for shortcut but not for cmd.exe.

.... which is perfectly fine if the OP starts CMD.EXE through a shortcut.

>The solution is
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor\Autorun: cd c:\

You forgot the /D switch - remember, the OP's default is the U: drive.

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