auto-complete: not listing sub directory if no drive letter

[jaycee]

The case:
C:\
sub1
sub11
sub12
sub13
sub2
sub21
sub22
sub23
sub3
sub31
sub32
sub33

within sub2, if I type "cd s" (or only "cd ") nothing is proposed. I have to enter "cd .\" to see the subfolder list.


JC

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, this is unfortunately a known limitation of auto-complete, it only reacts when typing a backslash or forward slash.

[jaycee]

good, I will forward the bug report to microsoft

jc

[icfu]

What about an AHK script that will autofill your command line with "cd .\" if it is empty? For example it could be autoexecuted after pressing the standard shortcut Ctrl-Y.

Icfu

[serjayes]

If I'm in the directory abc and I type

somecmd ..\f

then I get with the autocomplete all the files from the directory above abc. But, if I try

somecmd ..\cde\f

where directory cde exists and there are files starting with f there, autocomplete doesn't appear at all.

[ghisler(Author)]

I haven't fully understood yet what exactly is going on in Microsoft's autocomplete functions. Some paths work and some don't...