Below is the list of commands that can be run from windows command prompt (CMD). You can follow the link given for a command to see the syntax and examples.
| At: | Schedule tasks |
| Attrib: | Set file attributes |
| Bootcfg: | Enable kernel debugging |
| copy: | Copy files |
| Cls: | Clear command window screen |
| Compact: | Compress or decompress files and directories |
| Convert: | Convert FAT filesystem to NTFS |
| Date: | Set system date and time |
| defrag: | Defrag disk drives |
| Del: | Delete files |
| Dir: | List files and directories |
| Eventquery.vbs: | View events |
| find: | Search files for a given string |
| findstr: | Search files for a given string; Has advanced options than find command. |
| for: | Windows batch command for looping |
| getmac: | Find mac address of the system |
| hostname: | Get system name |
| ipconfig: | Get IP address |
| logoff: | Logoff user session |
| Net user: | Manage user accounts |
| Net use: | Create/List/Delete network drives |
| Net localgroup: | Manage local computer’s user groups |
| Net share: | Create / List/ Delete shares on the local computer |
| Powercfg: | Manage power scheme on your laptop |
| Reg: | Edit/create/delete registry keys |
| Rename: | Rename files/directories |
| Runas: | Run an application as a different user in the same session |
| Schtasks: | Schedule tasks |
| Shutdown: | Shutdown or reboot system |
| Sort: | Command for sorting text files |
| Systeminfo: | Get computer information |
| Taskkill: | Kill processes |
| time: | Set system time |
| Title: | Set command window title |
| Xcopy: | Copy files and directories |
Resource Kit Tools:
| Compress | Compress a file |
| Srvinfo | Get remote system information |
| tail | Print the last lines of a file |
| Ver | Get Windows OS version |
Other tools:
| PsShutdown.exe | Shutdown remote computer |
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How to open command prompt when there is no Run box in the start menu
Dear ‘Anonymous’ user.
If the “Run” application has not been placed in your Start menu, you can put it there by right-clicking on the Start menu and selecting “Properties”. From the Properties window you navigate to the “Start menu” tab and click the “Customize…” button. Almost at the bottom of that list you will have an option to place “Run” on the start menu.
You may also access “Run” by pressing and holding down the following key-combination on your keyboard: [Win]+[R].
In Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2007 (?) and Windows Server 2008 (Including R2) you can also search for the “CMD” (Command Prompt) executable directly from the search field in the bottom of your Start menu.
Lastly the CMD executable can be found as in the windows folder – as pointed out by another Anonymous user: c:\windows\system32\ <- cmd.exe is located here.
Good luck.
Another fun little trick lets you customize how CMD looks when you first start it up. By default it has some information about CMD being a Microsoft product whenever you open it.
If you open "regedit" and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor you found see a REG called "AutoRun"
(if not, you can safely create it by right-clicking, selecting "NEW" and choosing "Expandable String Value". Name it "AutoRun").
In the data field you can put whatever you wish to see whenever you start CMD.
For exmaple: cls&prompt CMD: &echo.&echo The time & date today is %DATE% – %TIME%
It should look like this when you start CMD:
The time & date today is 08.06.2012 – 12:58:30,52
CMD:
//Irina
if you are using windows vista/7, then just type cmd.exe in search bar. If you are still in XP/2003, then navigate to c:\windows\system32\ folder and look for cmd.exe there.
Nice work. Very useful for Network admins and security experts. Thanks
Hi ,
I wanna execute the .exe files in remote system remotely through my system command prompt. so can u help me regarding this..
Thanks, sathish
You can use psexec tool for this.
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