Windows – Command Prompt Unable to go to particular folder

cmd.exewindows 7

Actually I want to go to folder Microsoft Office in Program Files through my command prompt.

But When I go to the Program Files, cmd prompt shows me only two choices viz.

"Windows Alerter"

and

"Windows Common Files".

There are many other folders too, but it doesn't shows it.

Typing the whole name also didn't work.

It says, system cannot find the path specified.

Please help. Thanks.

Best Answer

As nerdwaller suggested, 64bit systems have both Program Files and Program Files (x86) folders. Try both, and see if the folders show. Also, try using your Tab key when typing out folder names. This auto-completes file / folder names, and will help against spelling errors or situations where quotes are required. Lastly, try running cmd as Administrator, and see if this solves it.

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You don't need to create the short name; it's already there.

To verify that it's "PROGRA~1" or determine what it is, use the DIR command, i.e.

CD \
DIR P* /X

which will show you the short names associated with each top-level folder name beginning with "P".

Since "Program Files" and "Program Files (X86)" are protected locations, the system is not going to let you change the short name associated with those folders, but there's no reason you can't use the short names already defined by the system itself.

In addition, your command is for files, and you are managing directories (which in a sense are files, but not to FSUTIL.)

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