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Is it possible to customise command prompt to open at a particular directory? For example, my mercurial repositories are all stored at C:\dev\repo. Obviously it makes things easier if I can customise command prompt to open here by default.

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Duplicate: superuser.com/questions/49575, "Change to default start folder for Windows XP command prompt" – Peter Mortensen Mar 23 '10 at 14:55
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You can use one of the Microsoft's free PowerToys, which is CmdHere.exe.

This PowerToy adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe) pointing at the selected folder.

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You need to create a shortcut to cmd.exe and in the Shortcut's properties edit the Start In field.

Also, take a look at the Colors tab - I have different colour schemes for different tasks so I can immediately distinguish which I am using when I have many open.

Create Shortcut

Shortcut Title

Shortcut Properties

AV CMD

SVN CMD

System CMD

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Thanks for the help, worked a treat. Ive actually used this process to run powershell instead. – richzilla Mar 23 '10 at 15:22
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