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Using cd command in Windows command line, can't navigate to D:\

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Mar 15, 20261311114 views
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Problem

This may be a silly question, and I think I have looked elsewhere to find the answer... Might be a path issue, but when I open the command line and type from the : I cannot get to the D drive. Even if I type: The will auto-complete the line with the tab key, so it knows where I'm at. It just doesn't print to screen the result or actually get me there. This problem exists for the network drives as well. Now, if I use the ( ) command like this: or I get the print out of the below the command but it still says I'm in the . I feel like I'm missing something simple.

Error Output

cd D:\

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Fix for: Using cd command in Windows command line, can't navigate to D:\

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Going back to the days of DOS, there's a separate "current directory" for each drive. changes D:'s current directory to the foldername specified, but does not change the fact that you're still working on the drive. What you want is simple: Here you can see how the "separate current directory for each drive" thing works:

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