To make use of these you might as well put them in a batch file.
This runs the batch file which will put you in the correct subdirectory and run the program.
File names with characters outside this set won't work in batch files.
You can even create and run batch files - remember those little programs?
On the Windows machines the batch file runs every time the machine starts up.
Also in that directory, make a little batch file named md.bat:
Hold down control, press C, and that interrupts the batch file.
I wrote a batch file to automate the process and shaved it down to 7 1/2 minutes.
It is also available for use in shell scripts and batch files.
You could make a batch file to make this more convenient.