BAT file to open CMD in current directory

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I have many scripts which I interact with from the command line  Everytime I need to use them  I have to open a command line window and copy paste and CD to the path to the directory they are in  This is tedious  they are in a rather deep file system  so typing out the full path is a pain  copy paste is better but not much   I tried to create a  BAT file that I could double-click on that would open a new command-line window in the folder the  bat file exists in but it does not work  It opens a new window  but the working directory is not the directory that  bat file is in  Here s what I ve got after much googling  My cmd skills ain t so great    cd  CD  cmd exe   I know from when I used Linux that Konqueror had a  Command-line window here  feature  and that s the effect I m trying to get on Windows

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As a more general solution you might want to check out the Microsoft Power Toy for XP that adds the "Open Command Window Here" option when you right-click: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

In Vista and Windows 7, you'll get that option if you hold down shift and right-click (this is built in).

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Another solution is to use a shortcut file to cmd exe instead of a batch file   Edit the shortcut s start in property to   dp0   You achieve the same thing  except it has the Cmd icon  and you can change this    Some people don t like clicking on batch files without knowing what s in them  and some corporate network drives have a ban on  bat files

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Referring to answer of  Chris   We can also go to parent directory of batch file and run commands using following  cd  d   dp0    lt OTHER BATCH COMMANDS gt  cmd exe   To understand working of command cd  d   dp0   please refer below link  What does it mean by command cd  d   dp0 in Windows

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Create a file named open dos here cmd with the following lines     d1 cd    p1  call cmd   Put this file at any folder  Then  go to your Send To folder  Win E  Alt D shell sendto Enter   Create a shortcut to point to this open dos here cmd  Then  in any folder  select any file or sub-folder   Right-click and select  Send To  and then select open dos here cmd to open the DOS in that folder

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You could add a context menu entry through the registry    Navigate in your Registry to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Classes Folder Shell and create a key called  Command Prompt  without the quotes  Set the default string to whatever text you want to appear in the right-click menu  Create a new key within your newly created command prompt named  command   and set the default string to  cmd exe  k pushd  1    You may need to add  SystemRoot  system32  before the cmd exe if the executable can t be found    The changes should take place immediately  Right click a folder and your new menu item should appear    Also see http   www petri co il add command prompt here shortcut to windows explorer htm

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The simplest command to do this  start  You can always run this in command line to open new command line window in the same location  Or you can place it in your  bat file

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Inside given folder click on the top Adddress Bar and type cmd and click enter It will open command prompt with current folder address

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you probably want to do this   cd  d   dp0 cmd exe   this will set your current directory to the directory you have the batch file in

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A bit late to the game but if I m understanding your needs correctly this will help people with the same issue   Two solutions with the same first step  First navigate to the location you keep your scripts in and copy the filepath to that directory   First Solution    Click  Start  Right-click  Computer   or  My Computer  Click  Properties  On the left  click  Advanced System Settings  Click  Environment Variables  In the  System Variables  Box  scroll down and select  PATH  Click  Edit  In the  Variable Value  field  scroll all the way to the right If there isn t a semi-colon     there yet  add it  Paste in the filepath you copied earlier  End with a semi-colon  Click  OK  Click  OK  again Click  OK  one last time   You can now use any of your scripts as if you were already that folder   Second Solution   can easily be paired with the first for extra usefulness   On your desktop create a batch file with the following content    echo off cmd  k cd  C  your file path    This will open a command window like what you tried to do     For tons of info on windows commands check here  http   ss64 com nt

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I m thinking that if you are creating a batch script that relies on the Current Directory being set to the folder that contains the batch file  that you are setting yourself up for trouble when you try to execute the batch file using a fully qualified path as you would from a scheduler   Better to add this line to your batch file too   REM Change Current Directory to the location of this batch file  CD  D   dp0   unless you are fully qualifying all of your paths

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this code works for me name it cmd bat   echo off title This is Only A Test echo   Loop set  p the   cd    the  echo  goto loop

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You can just enter cmd into the address bar in Explorer and it starts up in that path  Likewise for PowerShell

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There s more simple way  start  d  folder path

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Create a new file startCmdLine bat in your directory and put this line in it  call cmd   That is it  Now double click on the  bat file  It works for me   You can replace call with start  it will also work

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Most simple way in explorer is to Shift   right mouse click on the folder or on an empty space in the folder and click on Open command prompt here   CMD will then start in that folder  I must say  I m not sure if it works for Windows Vista and below  but it surely works for Windows 7  8  8 1 and 10

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When you are in the desired folder   just type CMD in your address bar

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You can simply create a bat file in any convenient place and drop any file from the desired directory onto it  Haha  Code for this   cmd

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you can try   shift    right click  then  click on Open command prompt here

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