Vista's Commands

ASSOC - 6,163 views

Displays or modifies file extension associations.

ATTRIB - 14,424 views

Displays or changes file attributes.

BCDEDIT - 22,102 views

Sets properties in boot database to control boot loading.

BREAK - 4,344 views

Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.

CACLS - 10,864 views

Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.

CALL - 4,409 views

Calls one batch program from another.

CD - 5,371 views

Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHCP - 4,052 views

Displays or sets the active code page number.

CHDIR - 3,984 views

Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHKDSK - 74,696 views

Checks a disk and displays a status report.

CHKNTFS - 13,466 views

Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.

CLS - 3,848 views

Clears the screen.

CMD - 38,770 views

Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.

COLOR - 6,503 views

Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

COMP - 3,685 views

Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.

COMPACT - 4,127 views

Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.

CONVERT - 2,819 views

Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the current drive.

COPY - 9,884 views

Copies one or more files to another location.

DATE - 4,406 views

Displays or sets the date.

DEL - 6,685 views

Deletes one or more files.

DIR - 7,252 views

Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

DISKCOMP - 2,961 views

Compares the contents of two floppy disks.

DISKCOPY - 7,186 views

Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.

DISKPART - 15,062 views

Displays or configures Disk Partition properties.

DOSKEY - 5,327 views

Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates macros.

DRIVERQUERY - 3,967 views

Displays current device driver status and properties.

ECHO - 4,590 views

Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.

ENDLOCAL - 2,321 views

Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.

ERASE - 5,138 views

Deletes one or more files.

EXIT - 3,858 views

Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).

FC - 3,352 views

Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences between them.

FIND - 6,775 views

Searches for a text string in a file or files.

FINDSTR - 8,485 views

Searches for strings in files.

FOR - 4,816 views

Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.

FORMAT - 36,066 views

Formats a disk for use with Windows.

FSUTIL - 34,475 views

Displays or configures the file system properties.

FTYPE - 12,548 views

Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.

GOTO - 6,033 views

Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a batch program.

GPRESULT - 8,514 views

Displays the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) information for a target user and computer.

GRAFTABL - 3,496 views

Enables Windows to display an extended character set in graphics mode.

ICACLS - 21,665 views

Display, modify, backup, or restore ACLs for files and directories.

IF - 5,881 views

Performs conditional processing in batch programs.

LABEL - 4,718 views

Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.

MD - 3,475 views

Creates a directory.

MKDIR - 5,963 views

Creates a directory.

MKLINK - 10,120 views

Creates Symbolic Links and Hard Links

MODE - 4,682 views

Configures a system device.

MORE - 2,534 views

Displays output one screen at a time.

MOVE - 5,515 views

Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.

OPENFILES - 5,364 views

Displays files opened by remote users for a file share.

PATH - 23,144 views

Displays or sets a search path for executable files.

PAUSE - 5,164 views

Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.

POPD - 2,904 views

Restores the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD.

PRINT - 6,026 views

Prints a text file.

PROMPT - 4,698 views

Changes the Windows command prompt.

PUSHD - 2,882 views

Saves the current directory then changes it.

RD - 3,439 views

Removes a directory.

RECOVER - 4,861 views

Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.

REM - 2,526 views

Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.

REN - 3,401 views

Renames a file or files.

RENAME - 6,578 views

Renames a file or files.

REPLACE - 3,936 views

Replaces files.

RMDIR - 7,405 views

Removes a directory.

ROBOCOPY - 20,399 views

Advanced utility to copy files and directory trees

SC - 6,853 views

Displays or configures services (background processes).

SCHTASKS - 8,599 views

Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.

SET - 14,419 views

Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.

SETLOCAL - 4,460 views

Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.

SHIFT - 4,285 views

Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.

SHUTDOWN - 100,183 views

Allows proper local or remote shutdown of machine.

SORT - 18,309 views

Sorts input.

START - 12,296 views

Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.

SUBST - 11,047 views

Associates a path with a drive letter.

SYSTEMINFO - 8,975 views

Displays machine specific properties and configuration.

TASKKILL - 26,489 views

Kill or stop a running process or application.

TASKLIST - 9,720 views

Displays all currently running tasks including services.

TIME - 6,568 views

Displays or sets the system time.

TITLE - 2,498 views

Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.

TREE - 3,611 views

Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.

TYPE - 3,197 views

Displays the contents of a text file.

VER - 2,732 views

Displays the Windows version.

VERIFY - 3,158 views

Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written correctly to a disk.

VOL - 3,138 views

Displays a disk volume label and serial number.

WMIC - 12,813 views

Displays WMI information inside interactive command shell.

XCOPY - 23,906 views

Copies files and directory trees.