Command Prompt Issue

[linolium]

I don’t know how it happened, but since installing Windows XP, some
setting must have been changed that caused this behaviour. I am
reinstalling Windows, and want to keep this behaviour, but cannot for
the life of me figure out how!

I have an explorer window open to, for example, D:\Applications (and
the window is focused). I then open the command prompt either
clicking Start, Run, typing cmd, and hitting "OK," or just using
WINKEY+R to get to the run window. The path of the command prompt
window that opens up is the same as the explorer window that
previously had focus (D:\Applications).

On a normal fresh install of Windows XP, the path will always be
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Desktop (afaik), unless the
default path is changed.

Note: this is not the "Open Command Prompt Here" Powertoy, and nor
do I want to use it. I would like to be able to mirror the described
behaviour above, not install this Powertoy.

So my question is: has anyone else ever experienced this [extremely
helpful] behaviour, and do they know how they configured their system
to function that way?

Attached is an image describing this behaviour.
http://iris.afraid.org/magicmd.png

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I don't know how it happened, but since installing Windows XP, some
setting must have been changed that caused this behaviour. I am
reinstalling Windows, and want to keep this behaviour, but cannot for
the life of me figure out how!

I have an explorer window open to, for example, D:\Applications (and
the window is focused). I then open the command prompt either
clicking Start, Run, typing cmd, and hitting "OK," or just using
WINKEY+R to get to the run window. The path of the command prompt
window that opens up is the same as the explorer window that
previously had focus (D:\Applications).

On a normal fresh install of Windows XP, the path will always be
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Desktop (afaik), unless the
default path is changed.

Note: this is not the "Open Command Prompt Here" Powertoy, and nor
do I want to use it. I would like to be able to mirror the described
behaviour above, not install this Powertoy.

So my question is: has anyone else ever experienced this [extremely
helpful] behaviour, and do they know how they configured their system
to function that way?

Attached is an image describing this behaviour.
http://iris.afraid.org/magicmd.png

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I do not know the answer to your question but I suggest you
consider a work-around that gives you a number of advantages
over your current method:
- Create a new shortcut
- Make its command line like so:
cmd.exe /fn /k mode con lines=50
- Make the starting location like so:
%UserProfile%\Desktop
- Drag the shortcut into your Quick-Launch tray

The shortcut wil start a Command Prompt where you want
it, no matter what the user might do (because it is specific
rather than relying on some inbuilt default that might get
disturbed). It has automatic command completion enabled,
and it uses a window size that is far more reasonable with
today's monitors than the default size.