Displays the name of or changes the current directory. CHDIR [/D] [drive:][path] CHDIR.. CHDIR\ CD [/D] [drive:][path] CD.. CD\ .. Specifies that you want to change to the parent directory. ... Specifies that you want to change to the grandparent directory. .... Specifies that you want to change to the great-grandparent directory. For example, if you are in the C:\Windows\System\Viewers directory, and you enter cd... at the command prompt, the directory changes to C:\Windows. Type CD without parameters to display the current drive and directory. Type CD drive: to display the current directory for the specified drive. Use the /D switch to change current drive in addition to changing current directory for a drive. If Command Extensions are enabled CHDIR changes as follows: The current directory string is converted to use the same case as the on disk names. So CD C:\TEMP would actually set the current directory to C:\Temp if that is the case on disk. CHDIR command does not treat spaces as delimiters, so it is possible to CD into a subdirectory name that contains a space without surrounding the name with quotes. For example: cd \winnt\profiles\username\programs\start menu is the same as: cd "\winnt\profiles\username\programs\start menu" which is what you would have to type if extensions were disabled. cd.. is an alias for "cd .." cd\ is an alias for "cd \"