How to Create a Custom Windows Command Prompt

There are special character sequences that can be used in the prompt string to display different variables. The 'prompt /?' command displays a list of these special characters. Environmental variables can also be used in the prompt string, using the standard format % variablename%.

The default prompt is "$P$G" which simply means "Display the current drive and path ($P), followed by a ">" ($G). For example C:\Windows>. Following is the list of possible special characters.

$A & (Ampersand) $B | (pipe) $C ( (Left parenthesis) $D Current date $E Escape code (ASCII code 27) $F ) (Right parenthesis) $G > (greater-than sign) $H Backspace (erases previous character) $L < (less-than sign) $N Current drive $P Current drive and path $Q = (equal sign) $S (space) $T Current Time $V Windows version number $_ Carriage return and linefeed $$ $ (dollar sign)

If Command Extensions are enabled the PROMPT command supports the following additional formatting characters:

$+ zero or more plus sign (+) characters depending upon the depth of the PUSHD directory stack, one character for each level pushed.

$M Displays the remote name associated with the current drive letter or the empty string if current drive is not a network drive.