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-<pre>cd windows</pre>
+<pre>cd Users</pre>
-This will change you into the <code>windows</code> subdirectory of the <code>C:\</code> directory.
+This will change you into the <code>Users</code> subdirectory of the <code>C:\</code> directory.
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 <pre>dir</pre>
-You should see the names of all the files and directories in <code>C:\windows</code>.
+You should see the names of all the files and directories in <code>C:\Users</code>.
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 <pre>cd ..</pre>
-<code>..</code> means "parent directory", so this command moved you up to the parent directory. You were in <code>C:\windows</code>, so now you are in <code>C:\</code>, the root directory.
+<code>..</code> means "parent directory", so this command moved you up to the parent directory. You were in <code>C:\Users</code>, so now you are in <code>C:\</code>, the root directory.
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 <b>Absolute paths</b>
-* An absolute path contains the full set of directories from the root of the file system up to your target file or directory. On windows, an absolute path with start with a drive like <tt>C:\</tt>.
+* An absolute path contains the full set of directories from the root of the file system up to your target file or directory. On Windows, an absolute path with start with a drive like <tt>C:\</tt>.
 * You can <tt>cd</tt> to an absolute path from anywhere on the filesystem.
 * This is an example absolute path: <tt>C:\Users\jesstess\projects</tt>
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 * A relative path is calculated relative to your "current working directory" -- the directory you are currently in at a command prompt, as displayed by <tt>pwd</tt>.
 * This is an example relative path: <tt>projects</tt>. That path only has meaning given a current working directory. If your current working directory were <tt>C:\Users\jesstess</tt>, then <tt>cd projects</tt> would take you to <tt>C:\Users\jesstess\projects</tt> assuming that such a directory existed. If you were in <tt>C:\Users\brad\Desktop</tt>, then <tt>cd projects</tt> would take you to <tt>C:\Users\brad\Desktop\projects</tt>.
-Here are some examples:
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