If you start it through a shortcut icon, you can just change the 'start in' line under the properties.
If you launch it through other means, I don't know what the 'proper' means is, but you can get it to work by making a change in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER) \ Software \ Microsoft \ Command Processor
There's a key called 'autorun' -- if you want it to default to another folder on your C:\ drive, you can just enter 'CD \myfolder\mysubfolder' under autorun, and any new command window will automatically change into that directory. doesn't work properly if your desired directory is on another drive, though...
If you launch it through other means, I don't know what the 'proper' means is, but you can get it to work by making a change in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (or HKEY_CURRENT_USER) \ Software \ Microsoft \ Command Processor
There's a key called 'autorun' -- if you want it to default to another folder on your C:\ drive, you can just enter 'CD \myfolder\mysubfolder' under autorun, and any new command window will automatically change into that directory. doesn't work properly if your desired directory is on another drive, though...