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Asked: 2026-05-15T18:34:17+00:00

I have a windows cmd file that is making use of the %CD% environment

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I have a windows cmd file that is making use of the %CD% environment variable to determine the execution directory of the cmd file.

When I run the cmd file from the command line it works correctly, meaning that the %CD% variable contains the working directory. If I double left click the cmd it also works as I expect. However if I right click the cmd file and select runas administrator then the %CD% variable contains the value “C:\Windows\system32” not the curent directory where the cmd is executing.

I was able to reproduce the problem with the following script:

echo %CD%
pause
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  1. Editorial Team

    Trying using %~dp0 instead of %cd%… this should give you the directory which contains the batch (NT shell) script was launched from in any case.

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