Vista's Commands

ASSOC - 4,079 views

Displays or modifies file extension associations.

ATTRIB - 8,357 views

Displays or changes file attributes.

BCDEDIT - 15,804 views

Sets properties in boot database to control boot loading.

BREAK - 2,290 views

Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.

CACLS - 5,985 views

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

CALL - 2,208 views

Calls one batch program from another.

CD - 3,137 views

Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHCP - 2,125 views

Displays or sets the active code page number.

CHDIR - 2,007 views

Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHKDSK - 50,816 views

Checks a disk and displays a status report.

CHKNTFS - 5,895 views

Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.

CLS - 1,838 views

Clears the screen.

CMD - 28,454 views

Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.

COLOR - 3,697 views

Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

COMP - 1,571 views

Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.

COMPACT - 2,098 views

Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.

CONVERT - 1,747 views

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

COPY - 6,583 views

Copies one or more files to another location.

DATE - 2,218 views

Displays or sets the date.

DEL - 4,159 views

Deletes one or more files.

DIR - 4,261 views

Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

DISKCOMP - 1,672 views

Compares the contents of two floppy disks.

DISKCOPY - 4,654 views

Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.

DISKPART - 12,089 views

Displays or configures Disk Partition properties.

DOSKEY - 2,994 views

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

DRIVERQUERY - 1,925 views

Displays current device driver status and properties.

ECHO - 2,387 views

Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.

ENDLOCAL - 1,279 views

Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.

ERASE - 3,101 views

Deletes one or more files.

EXIT - 2,033 views

Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).

FC - 1,508 views

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

FIND - 3,925 views

Searches for a text string in a file or files.

FINDSTR - 4,810 views

Searches for strings in files.

FOR - 2,154 views

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

FORMAT - 22,723 views

Formats a disk for use with Windows.

FSUTIL - 20,632 views

Displays or configures the file system properties.

FTYPE - 4,039 views

Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.

GOTO - 2,668 views

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

GPRESULT - 4,636 views

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

GRAFTABL - 1,757 views

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

ICACLS - 14,448 views

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

IF - 2,796 views

Performs conditional processing in batch programs.

LABEL - 2,498 views

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

MD - 1,705 views

Creates a directory.

MKDIR - 3,114 views

Creates a directory.

MKLINK - 7,165 views

Creates Symbolic Links and Hard Links

MODE - 2,450 views

Configures a system device.

MORE - 1,388 views

Displays output one screen at a time.

MOVE - 3,329 views

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

OPENFILES - 2,672 views

Displays files opened by remote users for a file share.

PATH - 18,586 views

Displays or sets a search path for executable files.

PAUSE - 2,903 views

Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.

POPD - 1,596 views

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

PRINT - 3,982 views

Prints a text file.

PROMPT - 3,012 views

Changes the Windows command prompt.

PUSHD - 1,478 views

Saves the current directory then changes it.

RD - 1,678 views

Removes a directory.

RECOVER - 2,500 views

Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.

REM - 1,454 views

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

REN - 1,668 views

Renames a file or files.

RENAME - 3,949 views

Renames a file or files.

REPLACE - 1,799 views

Replaces files.

RMDIR - 3,594 views

Removes a directory.

ROBOCOPY - 12,519 views

Advanced utility to copy files and directory trees

SC - 3,831 views

Displays or configures services (background processes).

SCHTASKS - 4,425 views

Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.

SET - 10,169 views

Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.

SETLOCAL - 1,920 views

Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.

SHIFT - 1,745 views

Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.

SHUTDOWN - 64,619 views

Allows proper local or remote shutdown of machine.

SORT - 8,418 views

Sorts input.

START - 8,184 views

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

SUBST - 7,262 views

Associates a path with a drive letter.

SYSTEMINFO - 4,902 views

Displays machine specific properties and configuration.

TASKKILL - 15,486 views

Kill or stop a running process or application.

TASKLIST - 5,917 views

Displays all currently running tasks including services.

TIME - 2,710 views

Displays or sets the system time.

TITLE - 1,206 views

Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.

TREE - 1,778 views

Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.

TYPE - 1,594 views

Displays the contents of a text file.

VER - 1,589 views

Displays the Windows version.

VERIFY - 1,654 views

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

VOL - 1,663 views

Displays a disk volume label and serial number.

WMIC - 7,275 views

Displays WMI information inside interactive command shell.

XCOPY - 14,135 views

Copies files and directory trees.