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[Quick Tip] Short cut to open ‘Command Prompt’ pointing to a folder
September 6, 2021
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In this article, lets learn a shortcut to open Command Prompt pointing to a folder from a Windows OS machine.
Regular Approach:
- To open a folder from a different drive than C, we use the following approach to point to the folder.
- Above example, I am pointing the Command Prompt to “D:\E\Practice\S2S\packages\Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.PluginRegistrationTool.9.1.0.24\tools” folder using ‘cd’ command.
Shortcut:
- Go to the folder you want to point the Command Prompt to, and hit cmd.
- ‘Command Prompt’ window opens up pointing to the folder you hit the cmd from.
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Restart remote machine using command prompt
July 14, 2012
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We can restart a remote machine if you are domain administrator.
Consider a scenario Machine 1 & Machine 2 are part of Domain âXYZ.comâ.
Assume “Machine 1” hanged and not even letting you to Shut down or Restart.
So to restart the machine 1,
Login as administrator to âMachine 2â
- Open Command Prompt
- Type shutdown /I and click Enter
Command Shutdown
- It opens a window as below, click Add, type in the name of the remote device (i.e., Name of Machine 1), and hit OK
Remote Shutdown Dialog
- Choose the option âRestart/Shutdownâ and enter comments
- Click Ok
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Categories: Misc
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