How to change directory in cmd Windows 10, 11?

Cd command itself

Command cd or “Change Directory” is a navigation command and helps you change a directory (change folder) on the command line. The “CD\” or “cd” command can move the user to the top of the directory tree (to the root drive), that is, to the C: drive. The command entry can be either “CD” or “cd” because the command line is not case-sensitive. To go to a specific folder using the “CD” command, you must write the name of this folder after “cd” with a backslash (“\”). For example, a user wants to access a folder named “System32” in the Windows folder on the C: drive, and then the command will look like this: “cd\ windows\system32\”.

The user can also return to one folder using the “cd..” command. For this, enter “cd..” in the command line and press “Enter” on the keyboard.

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If you are trying to change to a directory on a different drive, you will not be able to use the cd command. For example, you are in the C:\users\directory and want to change to the E:\docs directory. By running the command cd e:\docs, you will still be in the same folder. To prevent this from happening, you can use the /d option with cd:CD/DE:\docs.

Know! To change the directory and drive at the same time, you need to know what directories are available on your computer. To do this, type "dir" in the command line and press "Enter" on your keyboard. You will get all the directory names in the command window.

If running the /d option with the cd: command doesn't work, you can use the pushd command instead. It is used to combine the "cd" command with the "D:" command.

For example:

"C: Temp> pushd D:\B\A" and press "Enter" on your keyboard.

Where "B" is a directory and "A" is a subfolder in a directory.

To return to the root directory or return to all previously visited folders in reverse order, use the "popd" command as shown below:

"D:\A\B>popd" and press "Enter".

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