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Asked: 2026-06-11T14:50:19+00:00

For changing the drive in cmd, we usually write the drive letter as follows:

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For changing the drive in cmd, we usually write the drive letter as follows:

E:

The drive will be changed to E drive,but the following behaviour of cmd is surpising to me:

C:\Users\Rohan>cd E:/java/java files/Applets
C:\Users\Rohan>E:
E:\JAVA\java files\Applets>dir

 Volume in drive E is DISK1_VOL2
 Volume Serial Number is 94AA-4876

  Directory of E:\JAVA\java files\Applets

See the way the entire directory path changes, instead of just the drive by giving a cd command, preceding the drive letter.

Can anyone explain, how this happens?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Think of it as if every drive has its own current directory. So you can change each drive’s current directory separately, but you’ll always have one active drive selected.

    If you change to another drive, its current directory is also made active. If you want a more consistent way of changing the drive and directory in one step, you can use the CD command with the /D switch. Like this:

    C:\Users\Rohan>cd /D "E:/java/java files/Applets"
E:\JAVA\java files\Applets>
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