open command prompt window and change current working directory

Question

I\'m terribly new to scripting on windows. Using windows 7 64.

I\'m trying to make a .bat file that I can double click, and have it open a command prompt and automatical

Answer 1

@ECHO OFF
%comspec% /K "cd /D d:\somefolder"

The /D will change folder and drive and works on 2000+ (Not sure about NT4)

If you take a look at Vista's open command here, it uses cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\" but I don't think %V is documented. Using pushd is a good idea if your path is UNC (\\server\share\folder) To get UNC current directory working, you might have to set the DisableUNCCheck registry entry...