Windows 10: Change command prompt default directory

How do I change the command prompt's default directory in Windows 10? I see instructions in Sevenforums to do this in Windows 7 but not in Windows 10. Will the Windows 7 instructions work in Windows 10?

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Disk locked while installing 14257

You should be at the prompt when you open Admin Command Prompt, or the booted installation or repair media's Command Prompt. Nothing was said about Changing Directory.

 

my .jar file opens as internet explorer

... you seem fairly new to all this...

Are you running the command from the directory containing the JAR file in question? It doesn't just know where every file is on your computer, you either have to have the desired file path in your default PATH variables OR you have to be in the directory
containing the file in question when you want to run it.

In other words...

If the "minecraft_server.1.12.2.jar" is stored in the "C:\USERS\JHammer\Downloads" folder, then you must open the command prompt and change into that folder (CD \USERS\JHammer\Downloads) so that the active/current directory in the command line is shown as
the proper one and then you run the command.



This is NOT a Windows issue.

 

It would be the same. Create a shortcut and type: cmd /K cd:\C
will default to C:\

or take a look at this post:
Windows 10 post install tips or bugs - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Thanks, topgundcp. I had to work a bit on the syntax *Wink, but it worked! This worked for me:

cmd /K cd C:\Users\[my selected user name]