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Windows 2000 and DOS - Create an Extended CD Command

The Windows 2000 DOS prompt's CD command lets you change directories on the current drive. You may not know that if you add the /d parameter, you can actually change directories to one on a different drive. Since this parameter is easy to forget, why not create a turbo-charged "change directory" command that automatically switches drives, if necessary?

To create the new "Change Directory and Drive" command, create a batch file called "cdd.bat" in your main Windows directory with the following line:

@cd /d %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

Now, you can do the following with the new CDD command:

C:\>cdd d:

D:\>cdd c:\documents and settings

C:\Documents and Settings>cdd d:\backups

D:\Backups>