how to change directory using Windows command line

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I m using cmd exe  C  WINDOWS System32 cmd exe  and I have to change my current directory to  D  temp  i e  temp folder in the D drive   When I try to cd nothing happens   C   gt  cd D  temp  C   gt    I don t know what else to do here  Even pressing tab key does not give any hints  I have never got the reason to use cmd exe until now when I have to  I mostly use Linux for development   If this helps  I m on a remote login to another computer and D  temp in on the remote machine  but so is C   where I have opened the terminal  cmd exe

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cd has a parameter  d  which will change drive and path with one command   cd  d d  temp     see cd

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cd  driveName driveName  pathNamw

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Another alternative is pushd  which will automatically switch drives as needed  It also allows you to return to the previous directory via popd   C  Temp gt pushd D  some folder D  some folder gt popd C  Temp gt

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Just type your desired drive initial in the command line and press enter Like if you want to go L    drive  Just type L  or l

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The  cd  command changes the directory  but not what drive you are working with  So when you go  cd d  temp   you are changing the D drive s directory to temp  but staying in the C drive   Execute these two commands   D  cd temp   That will get you the results you want

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