Guest wittine Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Why when i run this command does the following come up on screen? C:\Documents and Settings\Mine> All other examples I find of this only have "C:\" why is mine different and does it matter?
Guest FrankV Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: start> run> cmd It puts you at your default which is "C:\Documents and Settings\Mine". FrankV "wittine" <wittine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3ED4BC7D-3B7F-40DC-A417-16710BA26378@microsoft.com... > Why when i run this command does the following come up on screen? > C:\Documents and Settings\Mine> > All other examples I find of this only have "C:\" why is mine different > and does it matter?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: start> run> cmd "wittine" <wittine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3ED4BC7D-3B7F-40DC-A417-16710BA26378@microsoft.com... > Why when i run this command does the following come up on screen? > C:\Documents and Settings\Mine> > All other examples I find of this only have "C:\" why is mine different > and does it matter? Instead of relying on some inbuilt defaults, create your own shortcut to the Command Prompt, using this command line: cmd /k cd \ & mode con lines=50 It will start in C:\ and it will give you a much larger screen.
Guest wittine Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: start> run> cmd "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "wittine" <wittine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3ED4BC7D-3B7F-40DC-A417-16710BA26378@microsoft.com... > > Why when i run this command does the following come up on screen? > > C:\Documents and Settings\Mine> > > All other examples I find of this only have "C:\" why is mine different > > and does it matter? > > Instead of relying on some inbuilt defaults, create your own > shortcut to the Command Prompt, using this command line: > > cmd /k cd \ & mode con lines=50 > > It will start in C:\ and it will give you a much larger screen. > > > Thank you, that resolved my problem.
Guest bbunny Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: start> run> cmd "wittine" <wittine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DEB8C09F-254C-49A2-9613-2700E8A4BEFD@microsoft.com... > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "wittine" <wittine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:3ED4BC7D-3B7F-40DC-A417-16710BA26378@microsoft.com... >> > Why when i run this command does the following come up on screen? >> > C:\Documents and Settings\Mine> >> > All other examples I find of this only have "C:\" why is mine >> > different >> > and does it matter? >> >> Instead of relying on some inbuilt defaults, create your own >> shortcut to the Command Prompt, using this command line: >> >> cmd /k cd \ & mode con lines=50 >> >> It will start in C:\ and it will give you a much larger screen. >> >> >> Thank you, that resolved my problem. Right click, Command Prompt, Properties, start in = C:\
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