I'm kind of new at CMD so please go easy on me. I am trying to copy files from my mobile phone via robocopy in CMD as the regular copy/paste doesn't support some of the features of robocopy I'd like to use. Anyway, the problem is that upon inspecting the path to the phone in file explorer I get THIS PC/[Name of phone]. Robocopy does not recognize anything under THIS PC as a valid path. How do I get the real path of the phone through CMD?
Windows – Not able to access path of mobile phone in cmd
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Similar to MaddHackers answer, just more compact.
echo %path%|find /i "%np%">nul || set path=%path%;%np%
%np% is your new path, of course you can use literals instead.
What it does: echo %path%|find /i "%np%">nul searches existing path for a string, discarding output. || means execute on failure, so it means:
Search path for string to be added, and if not found, add it.
Edit: Generally it's not required to quote paths, even those containig spaces, but if you do want to quote them, this version will work with double quoted paths:
echo %path%|find /i "%np:"=%">nul || set path=%path%;%np%
Edit: changed findstr /i /c: to find /i as findstr may misinterpret some sequences as noted by KubaOber in comments
Start / Run / regedit
Navigate to the following keys in turn:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmdUnder each in the right pane you'll see a REG_SZ string value called Extended. Just rename this to something else (in case you want to easily undo the change) or delete it (just that value):
Now you can simply right-click a drive or directory and have the Command Prompt option show up without having to press Shift.
Best Answer
THIS PC is not the actual path, it's just a Windows thing. If Windows has mounted your PC as a drive, you can use the path (i.e.
F:\your\path).However, if your phone is connecting via MTP, it will be much more difficult. The short answer is that you can't.
How do I access MTP devices on the command line in Windows?