how to change directory using Windows command line

Question

I'm using cmd.exe (C:WINDOWSSystem32cmd.exe) and I have to change my current directory to "D:emp" i.e. temp folder in the D drive.

When I try to cd nothing happens.

C:> cd D:emp

C:>

I don't know what else to do here. Even pressing tab key does not give any hints. I have never got the reason to use cmd.exe until now when I have to. I mostly use Linux for development.

If this helps: I'm on a remote login to another computer and D:emp in on the remote machine, but so is C: where I have opened the terminal (cmd.exe).

Answer 1

The "cd" command changes the directory, but not what drive you are working with. So when you go "cd d:emp", you are changing the D drive's directory to temp, but staying in the C drive.

Execute these two commands:

D:
cd temp

That will get you the results you want.