Vista's Commands

ASSOC - 979 views

Displays or modifies file extension associations.

ATTRIB - 1,659 views

Displays or changes file attributes.

BCDEDIT - 4,467 views

Sets properties in boot database to control boot loading.

BREAK - 549 views

Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.

CACLS - 1,453 views

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

CALL - 607 views

Calls one batch program from another.

CD - 752 views

Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHCP - 564 views

Displays or sets the active code page number.

CHDIR - 428 views

Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHKDSK - 21,535 views

Checks a disk and displays a status report.

CHKNTFS - 1,158 views

Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.

CLS - 509 views

Clears the screen.

CMD - 8,784 views

Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.

COLOR - 566 views

Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

COMP - 389 views

Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.

COMPACT - 534 views

Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.

CONVERT - 512 views

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

COPY - 1,349 views

Copies one or more files to another location.

DATE - 452 views

Displays or sets the date.

DEL - 787 views

Deletes one or more files.

DIR - 823 views

Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

DISKCOMP - 399 views

Compares the contents of two floppy disks.

DISKCOPY - 935 views

Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.

DISKPART - 5,460 views

Displays or configures Disk Partition properties.

DOSKEY - 590 views

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

DRIVERQUERY - 503 views

Displays current device driver status and properties.

ECHO - 458 views

Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.

ENDLOCAL - 322 views

Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.

ERASE - 1,038 views

Deletes one or more files.

EXIT - 582 views

Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).

FC - 322 views

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

FIND - 626 views

Searches for a text string in a file or files.

FINDSTR - 1,110 views

Searches for strings in files.

FOR - 579 views

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

FORMAT - 6,104 views

Formats a disk for use with Windows.

FSUTIL - 6,016 views

Displays or configures the file system properties.

FTYPE - 597 views

Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.

GOTO - 489 views

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

GPRESULT - 821 views

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

GRAFTABL - 432 views

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

ICACLS - 5,133 views

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

IF - 467 views

Performs conditional processing in batch programs.

LABEL - 560 views

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

MD - 477 views

Creates a directory.

MKDIR - 773 views

Creates a directory.

MKLINK - 2,350 views

Creates Symbolic Links and Hard Links

MODE - 492 views

Configures a system device.

MORE - 326 views

Displays output one screen at a time.

MOVE - 851 views

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

OPENFILES - 507 views

Displays files opened by remote users for a file share.

PATH - 4,939 views

Displays or sets a search path for executable files.

PAUSE - 447 views

Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.

POPD - 521 views

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

PRINT - 470 views

Prints a text file.

PROMPT - 587 views

Changes the Windows command prompt.

PUSHD - 426 views

Saves the current directory then changes it.

RD - 390 views

Removes a directory.

RECOVER - 601 views

Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.

REM - 401 views

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

REN - 465 views

Renames a file or files.

RENAME - 928 views

Renames a file or files.

REPLACE - 522 views

Replaces files.

RMDIR - 663 views

Removes a directory.

ROBOCOPY - 4,117 views

Advanced utility to copy files and directory trees

SC - 1,212 views

Displays or configures services (background processes).

SCHTASKS - 1,140 views

Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.

SET - 4,218 views

Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.

SETLOCAL - 440 views

Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.

SHIFT - 318 views

Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.

SHUTDOWN - 10,932 views

Allows proper local or remote shutdown of machine.

SORT - 493 views

Sorts input.

START - 2,237 views

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

SUBST - 1,854 views

Associates a path with a drive letter.

SYSTEMINFO - 820 views

Displays machine specific properties and configuration.

TASKKILL - 2,490 views

Kill or stop a running process or application.

TASKLIST - 1,579 views

Displays all currently running tasks including services.

TIME - 461 views

Displays or sets the system time.

TITLE - 279 views

Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.

TREE - 428 views

Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.

TYPE - 422 views

Displays the contents of a text file.

VER - 398 views

Displays the Windows version.

VERIFY - 390 views

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

VOL - 529 views

Displays a disk volume label and serial number.

WMIC - 1,912 views

Displays WMI information inside interactive command shell.

XCOPY - 2,390 views

Copies files and directory trees.