Changing the command line in dos

[percidae]

Does anyone know how to change the command line after opening a dos prompt from the shell command? I want to change the directory in the dos window to just C:\ and whenever I open a dos window with the shell command it is at the current working directory by default.

I have tried the sendkeys command from several different sources but the best I have been able to get with this is a "dump" of what looks like registry keys and then the system gets completely hosed (Oops!).

Any help would be appreciated.

Jason Ferreira

[QWERTY]

How about changing the default dir before the Shell Command.
ex.

ChDir "C:\"
'//Your Shell Command Here

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[Nitro]

Why don't you shell to a batch file?

[Joacim Andersson]

Or you can do it this way:

Private Sub ShellToRoot()
    Dim sCmd As String

    sCmd = Environ("COMSPEC") & " /k cd c:\"
    Shell sCmd, vbNormalFocus
End Sub

I use the COMSPEC environment variable to find out the location of COMMAND.COM or CMD.EXE file.

Good luck!