What is the equivalent of Linux’s “~” (tilde) in Windows?

In Linux, we can go to the user home by entering the tilde (~) character after cd:

cd ~

How to do the same in Windows?

Each time, I need to type:

cd C:Document and Settingsfreewind

That’s too boring.

Solution:

cd /d "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%" would do it — but I ‘m not sure if you consider it an improvement.

You can also define an alias for the above command:

doskey cdhome=cd /d "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%"

After this, it’s simply cdhome.