Automatic Completion of Path for Command Prompt
By LawrenceAlbert on 02 December 2008
An old registry tip from Microsoft Technet articles that is very useful in everyday Geek computing.
If you open CMD and go to a directory, e.g. cd\windows, instead of typing the complete word "windows" type "win" + TAB. It will automatically search for the word and display the first value.
Registry Settings
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor |
So, Which is being followed by the current Logon User?
CompletionChar = 9 by HKEY_CURRENT_USER
For example Open Command Prompt and go to c:\windows directory (cd\windows) and by typing "cd sys" > pressing Tab twice or more you can see the possible directories beginning with "sys". These are:
You can also verify that by using the command: dir sys* /ad
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