[Tutor] How to get Win XP command prompt to open at C:\Python23> (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.peters at gmail.com
Sat Jul 24 08:16:53 CEST 2004

[Dick Moores]

I hope this is a legitimate question for tutor.

If it isn't, I'll yell at you .

My subject header is my question. Sure hope there's a way.

BTW right now my command prompt opens at C:\Documents and Settings\Dick> Yeah, I know how to cd, but it's a PITA.

What, exactly, do you do to open a DOS box ("command prompt window")? There are 100 ways to do everything on Windows, and answers depend on the specifics of the ways you've stumbled into.

For example, I put a cmd.exe shortcut icon on my desktop, and if you did too then it's easy: right-click on the icon, select Properties, go to the Shortcut tab, type C:\Python23 in the "Start in:" box, click Apply, then click OK. From then on that shortcut icon will cd to C:\Python23 all by itself when you double-click it. You can also adjust the size of the window, font, and number of lines of scrollback history this way.

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