Change default directory of Windows command prompt and Windows PowerShell

 Hi all,

Today I will explain the steps to change the default directory for Windows command prompt and Windows PowerShell.

The default directory for both the command prompt and PowerShell is the "system32" folder of the OS installed directory (By default: "C:\windows\system32").

Day in - Day out, we will open the terminals (command prompt / PowerShell) and navigate the source directory. It sometimes irritates and wastes lots of time.

I have come across this situation and want to avoid re-entry the change directory command.

Environment,

I use the command prompt and PowerShell, which are pinned to the taskbar of Windows.

Change default directory of Windows Command Prompt

1. Right-click on the taskbar pinned Command Prompt icon
2. Right-click on the "Command Prompt" menu
3. Select the "Properties" item
4. Under the "Shortcut" tab, you will find the "Start in:" label
5. In the respective text box, enter the path you want to navigate by default.
6. For example, "C:\Projects".

Change default directory of Windows PowerShell

1. Open the PowerShell with administrator privileges
2. Create a profile by using the following steps

New-item -type file -force $Profile

3. This will create a file "Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1" in the current user documents PowerShell folder.
1. Syntax

C:\Users\<UserName>\Documents\WindowsPowerShell

2. Example

C:\Users\PSR\Documents\WindowsPowerShell

4. Edit file

notepad.exe $Profile

5. Change the default directory
1. Syntax

Set-Location <Directory Path>

2. Example

Set-Location C:\Projects

Clear-Host # To clear the PowerShell screen

6. Save and close the file
7. In the PowerShell window, enter the following command to change the profile

. $Profile

8. It immediately changes from the current directory to the updated default directory.
9. Close the PowerShell and try to open the PowerShell again to see the change in the directory.

Hope the above information is helpful to you reduce the change directories in day-to-day life.

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C# get windows user app data folder path

 Hi folks,

Today I will explain to get the folder path of the windows user specific app data for storing any program (app) based information in C# (.NET Framework, .NET CORE, .NET 5)

Source

using System;

using System.IO;

namespace NETFrameworkConsoleApp1

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            string dir = Path.Combine(

                Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData),

                "FolderName"

            );

            Console.WriteLine("User Appdata Path: \n " + dir);

            Console.ReadLine();

        }

    }

}

Hope this helps you to customize your requirement.

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment?view=net-5.0

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C++ get windows user app data folder path

 Hi folks,

Today we will see how we can get the folder path of the windows user specific app data for storing any program (app) based information.

Source

#include <iostream>

#include <tchar.h>

#include <shlwapi.h>

#pragma comment(lib,"shlwapi.lib")

#include "shlobj.h"

using namespace std;

int main()

{  

    TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];

    // Get path for each computer, non-user specific and non-roaming data.

    if (SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_APPDATA, NULL, 0, szPath)))

    {

        // Append product-specific path

        PathAppend(szPath, _T("\\App Folder Path\\"));

        wcout << "User AppData Roaming Folder Path: \n" << szPath << endl << endl;

    }

    

    // Get path for each computer, non-user specific and non-roaming data.

    if (SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES, NULL, 0, szPath)))

    {

        wcout << "System Program Files Folder Path: \n" << szPath << endl << endl;

    }

    cout << "==end==";

}

Hope this helps you to customize your requirement.

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/csidl

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Go language install and configuration in Windows and Visual Studio Code as IDE

Hi folks,

Today I am going to describe you the best way to install and configure the Go language.

Download

From the Go language from its official web page https://golang.org/dl/

After installation, you would be able to program and run the code from any terminal.

What else?

Open your .go file in Visual Studio Code, it asks you something else. What was it?

"The "go-outline" command is not available. Run "go get -v github.com/ramya-rao-a/go-outline" to install."

What you need to do?

First, in Visual Studio Code set the the following in "settings.json" file.

"go.toolsGopath": "C:\\Go"

Note: If you are getting the following error, then click on "Install All"
The "go-outline" command is not available. Run "go get -v github.com/ramya-rao-a/go-outline" to install.

• Get the location, where it is installing
• Copy the bin and pkg folder contents to your Go installed folders.
• Delete the folder which VS Code used to download the content.

That's all.. you should be able to code in Visual Studio Code as well without having 2 different go installed folders.

Happy Go coding!!

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bash: C:/Program: No such file or directory error solution in git bash with windows directory path having spaces

Hi friends,

Today, I have come across a situation where I have to execute the gitbash on windows with linux commands.

The escape character doesn't alone solve the problem

Problem

Setting up an alias for bash where the path includes space

$ alias DOCKER_HOME=C:/Program Files/Docker/Docker

Error

bash: C:/Program: No such file or directory

Solution

$ alias DOCKER_HOME=C:/"Program\ Files"/Docker/Docker

Hope my solution helps you in resolving the issue.

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Windows file name too long to delete move copy rename due to destination path too long

Hi friends,

Problem

When i am clearing my old windows folder from the OS installed drive, I had an issue of deleting the files and folder because the path name is too long.

The error message is

"Destination Path Too Long.

The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder. You can shorten file name and try again, or try a location that has a shorter path."

Background

Windows OS will allow the file path to be max 255 characters. If any file or folder path is beyond 255 characters, you will not be able to perform any file actions like delete / move / copy / rename.

Solution

1. Navigate to the folder in the windows explorer
2. Type the following command in the address bar and hit enter key
• subst j:
3. Open a new windows explorer window
4. Now you will be able to see new drive with letter J:
5. You will be able to delete the files/folders with in the drive
6. To delete the other files, navigate to the parent folder and delete one after one or multiple folders path at a time.

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Windows: Copy all file names in a folder

Hi friends,

I’ve got a requirement like, I want to copy all the file names from a folder in Windows.

After searching from Google, I’ve got one of the quick solution which is being described below

Procedure:

Navigate to the folder where you want to copy all the file name in “Windows Explorer”

Select all the files (Key Board (KB) Shortcut: Ctrl + a)

Press and hold the “Shift” key on your keyboard

Right click your mouse by pointing to any one of the selected file

From the context menu, select the option “Copy as path”

Now, open “Notepad”

Paste the content (KB Shortcut: Ctrl + v)

Now, you will be able to see all the file name with full path

You can remove the folder path, if you don’t want the full path

Enjoy guys

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PhoneGap Installation and running Sample Application on Windows

Pre-requisites

Softwares

1.       Node.js

2.       Ant (Zip)

3.       Java SDK 1.7

4.       Android SDK

5.       Eclipse (Zip)

6.       Cordova (Zip)

Setup Environment Variables

1.       NODEJS_HOME

2.       ANT_HOME

3.       JAVA_HOME

4.       ANDROID_SDK

5.       CORDOVA_ANDROID

PATH Environment Variable Update

Add NODEJS\bin;ANT_HOME\bin;JAVA_HOME\bin;ANDROID_SDK\tools;ANDROID_SDK\platform-tools

Install phonegap

If you are behind a proxy please set the proxy to npm (Node.js) command

Syntax:-

(HTTP) C:\> npm config set proxy http://proxy.company.com:port

(HTTPS) C:\> npm config set https-proxy http://proxy.company.com:port

Run the install command

C:\> npm install –g phonegap
C:\> npm install –g cordova

Note: If you get any ”shasum (Checksum)” error, then please

i)                    clear the npm and npm-cache directories from %User%/AppData/Roaming folder

ii)                  Install the latest npm version

Currently it is 1.3.21

npm install https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.3.21.tgz
npm install -g phonegap

Create Project

Syntax: phonegap create

Ex: phonegap create FirstPhnGpPrj com.pg.firstphngpprj PhoneGapPrj1

·         Now it will create some folders and corresponding files (HTML, CSS, JS)

·         Change the directory to your project directory

o   Ex:- C:\> cd FirstPhnGpPrj

Add Platform

Syntax: cordova platform add

Ex:- C:\FirstPhnGpPrj> cordova platform add android

Tip:

If it’s not working then you need to install the cordova (npm install –g cordova)

Copy the cordova-android\bin from your downloaded&extracted zip file to %User%\.cordova\bin

Run Phonegap for Individual Platform

Syntax: phonegap run

Ex:- C:\FirstPhnGpPrj> phonegap run android

1.       By now, you will be getting your Android project hierarchy in your project_folder\platforms\android\

2.       Import the existing android code from your Eclipse

3.       Create\manage AVD

4.       Run the project

Adding Plugins to your project

Pre-requisites

·         Install Git

Tip: If you are behind a proxy then please add it your configuration

Syntax: git config –global http.proxy http://proxyusername:proxypassword@server.company:port

Ex: git config –global http.proxy http://abc:123@xyz.com:8081

·         Add git\bin to your PATH environment variable

·         You need to download the git files from https://git-wip-us.apache.org. So make sure that the above specified URL is not blocked by your firewall

·         Navigate to your project directory in command prompt by changing the directory

cd

Install Plugin

Syntax: phonegap local plugin add

Ex:- phonegap local plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git

Tip: If this doesn’t run then try with cordova

Syntax: cordova plugin add

Ex:- cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git

Remove Plugin

Syntax: phonegap local plugin remove

Ex:- phonegap local plugin remove https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git

Tip: If this doesn’t run then try with cordova

Syntax: cordova plugin remove

Ex:- cordova plugin remove https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git

Alternative

You can install “plugman” to plug and play with plugins by following this link

Using Plugman to Manage Plugins

References

http://phonegap.com/install/

http://jjasonclark.com/how-to-setup-node-behind-web-proxy

http://teusink.blogspot.nl/2013/07/guide-phonegap-3-android-windows.html

http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.2.0/plugin_ref_plugman.md.html#Using%20Plugman%20to%20Manage%20Plugins

http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.2.0/cordova_accelerometer_accelerometer.md.html#Accelerometer