A technician needs to open the System32 folder inside the Windows directory on the C: drive. Their current Command Prompt session is open on another drive (for example, D:>). Which single command will take them directly to C:\Windows\System32?
The cd command changes directories. Adding the /d switch also changes the current drive. Therefore, cd /d C:\Windows\System32 immediately switches from whatever drive is active to the C: drive and sets the working directory to C:\Windows\System32.
cd C:\Windows would fail if the prompt is on a different drive because cd without /d does not change drives.
cd ..\System32 only works when the current directory is the parent folder (C:\Windows), which is not guaranteed.
dir C:\Windows\System32 merely lists the folder's contents; it does not change the working directory.
move C:\Windows\System32 is the Windows file-move command and is unrelated to navigation.
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