SubscribeHandy Command Prompt Shortcut
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Uncategorized |knr writes “Here is a quick and easy tip that can come in pretty handy if you find yourself always wanting to access a specific location on your hard drive using a command prompt. In the following example, I will create a shortcut to a command prompt window that opens using my desktop as the root. This can be handy when you want to work with files that you are using on your desktop (e.g. that you just downloaded from Firefox, etc.).
- Right-click in the open space of your desktop and click New->Shortcut.
- For the location, type or copy and paste the following:
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /k - Click Next.
- For the name, type something descriptive, like “Command Prompt at Desktop.”
- Click Finish.
- Now right-click on the new shortcut and choose Properties.
- Change the “Start In” field to whatever directory you want the command prompt to start in. In this case, we want it to start in my desktop, so I would type in:
"C:\Documents and Settings\knrDesktop\"Be sure to include the quotation marks, and of course you would need to customize this file path to your own system (i.e. replacing “knr” with your own Windows username).
- You can assign a shortcut key if you like, as well as configure other options. Once you have finished, click OK.
- (Optional) Click and drag the shortcut that you created onto your Quick Launch toolbar, or put it anywhere you prefer so that you can access it quickly.
That’s it! Now, whenever you want a command prompt window at the location that you specified in the shortcut, just click the icon (or use your shortcut key, if you defined one) and you are in business! “
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