Command prompt won't change directory to another drive

Question

I\'m trying to compile some java (learning java currently), and to do so I need to change command-prompt\'s directory (using javac).

C:\\...\\Admin> cd D:         


        

Answer 1

The short answer

The correct way to go from C:\...\Adminto D:\Docs\Java drive, is the following command :

cd /d d:\Docs\Java

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More details

If you're somewhere random on your D:\ drive, and you want to go to the root of your drive, you can use this command :

cd d:\

If you're somewhere random on your D:\ drive, and you want to go to a specific folder on your drive, you can use this command :

cd d:\Docs\Java

If you're on a different drive, and you want to go to the root of your D:\ drive, you can use this command :

cd /d d:\

If you're on a different drive, and you want to go to a specific folder on your D: drive, you can use this command :

cd /d d:\Docs\Java

If you're on a different drive, and you want to go to the last open folder of you D: drive, you can use this command :

cd /d d:

As a shorthand for cd /d d:, you can also use this command :

d: