Changing default startup directory for command prompt in Windows 7
command-prompt, windows-7
Solution
While adding a AutoRun entry to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor` like Shinnok's answer is the way to go it can also really mess things up, you really should try to detect a simple cmd.exe startup vs a script/program using cmd.exe as a child process:
IF /I x"%COMSPEC%"==x%CMDCMDLINE% (cd /D c:\)
Problem
How do I change default startup directory for command prompt in Windows 7? I usually do the following to start command prompt from C:\ ``` WIN-R (Run Prompt) cmd /K cd C:\ ``` I want to do the following to start command prompt from C:\ ``` WIN-R (Run Prompt) cmd ```