I am opening 3 cmd windows in different colours to help me distinguish between servers etc. These commands are in a .bat file.
start cmd /k color 4C
start cmd /k color 5D
start cmd /k color 2A
What I need to do is have them open up at a specific location but I can't seem to get it to chain commands.
How can I cd in to some folder structure immediately after starting a cmd window?
Use &:
start cmd /k "color 4C & cd \"
You have to quote the commands now, otherwise the & is consumed by the outer command prompt (e.g. the one running the batch file) rather than the newly launched one.
You also have another option - so far as I'm aware, a newly launched command prompt inherits the same current directory as the command prompt that launches it. So you could change your batch file to:
cd \location1
start cmd /k color 4C
cd \location2
start cmd /k color 5D
cd \location3
start cmd /k color 2A
start "" /d "c:\foldera" cmd /k color 4C
start "" /d "c:\folderb" cmd /k color 5D
start "" /d "c:\folderc" cmd /k color 2A
Try this code in a batch file. For 1st cmd prompt, provide the directory structure in place of "cd\". same goes for 2nd and 3rd cmd prompt at lines "d:" and "e:".
start cmd /k color 4C
REM following line for c:\ directory for 1st prompt
cd\
start cmd /k color 5D
REM for any other directory for 2nd prompt
d:
start cmd /k color 2A
REM for another directory for 3rd prompt
e:
