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You're right, but I was replying to the original author of this thread : so I was giving the way (= modify the default path and if needed the drive), IMHO, he would be capable of finding himself any further customization. The most important thing was the registry key, that so far, nobody had indicated. Afterthat, using .reg or reg.exe or any other ways were just upto your choice. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Editing your posts is sometimes not a good idea!You have now realized that you were not replying to the thread starters most recent message. However, please do not try to correct me with guessed information, the author has in no way stated that his %SystemDrive% is anything other than C:. From the information available, the most likely scenario is that the %SystemDrive% is C: and the ProfilesDir has been set to D:\Documents and Settings\ in their winnt.sif. This may in fact be incorrect, but it is more likely. You gave your reply, I gave mine, both work, mine is more usable to the majority of the thread readers, as are my further replies. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, I edited my message (one of the most important reasons is to correct my bad English that I was afraid not to be enough clear to express my idea), but from the first version (of that message), I already said that I replied to the first post of the thread. That's the reality (see my post on May 14 2005, 02:18 AM). I don't know if Guillaume's winnt.sif had been configured to move the profile folders to another partition, you're like right. I didn't think about this possibility because my current system drive is on E. I insist that I gave the way (= modify the default path and if needed the drive) and don't impose any choice (one should be capable of replacing C with any drive of his choice, and \ with any directory). Your reply on May 16 2005, 02:30 PM is perfect (cd /d C:\mydir), but the previous one IMHO is much less (I don't thinks %SystemDrive% is a generic solution in this particular case). You shouldn't take the fact that one says your reply is not a general solution as a personal attack (at least in this case) and be nervous for that. Keep cool ! We're here to exchange experience, that's all ! I could be forever a simple reader if somebody had given the answer to that question (note that the thread was opened on May 3rd). So I said to myself : I know it, why not contribute my little knowledge to express my thankfulness for many things I learnt from them ? I'm new to this forum that I discovered some days before, but that doesn't mean I never frequent any other one in other languages and don't know that many different solutions may resolve a single problem. I'm really being disappointed.

You're right, but I was replying to the very first message of this thread : (note that his %SystemDrive% is not C and C:\ was only given as an example) so I was showing the way (= modify the default path and if needed the drive). IMHO, he would be capable of generalising himself the case. The most important thing to my eyes was the registry key that, so far, nobody had pointed out. Once we got it, using .reg or reg.exe or any other ways were just a question of personal preference. BTW, thanks for the switch /d that I didn't know. This scenario is certainly more elegant than && cd

That sounds good, except that if you want C:\mydir as default, but your system is on D:, that won't work

Yes, single backslash if you enter the value directly into the registry. Mine is extracted from a .reg file, so double backslash are required.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] "AutoRun"="C: && cd \\" Voilà