How I change the default start path for cmd.exe in Windows 7 when opening from vim?

Question

cmd.exe starts in %userprofile% when I start it normally. When I start it from vim, it starts in %systemroot%\system32.

How can I change this so it starts in a folder of my choice (from vim)?

Answer 1

Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Command Processor and search for the String Autorun in the left window. If that string is not existing yet create it as a "String Value". Double-click it afterwards and add the new directory path in the following way:

CD /d %systemroot%\system32

Source

It looks like cmd.exe isn't using %systemroot%\system32 as it's starting path when running from vim. %systemroot%\system32 is just where cmd.exe is located. The working directory is still the same as when starting cmd normally.