An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line

ADDUSERS ADmodcmd ARP ASSOC ASSOC$A% A% A%%R$B ' Add or list users to/from a CSV file Active Directory Bulk Modify Address Resolution Protocol C an!e file e"tension associations# One ste& file association Sc edule a command to run at a s&ecific time C an!e file attri'utes

BCDBOO% Create or re&air a system &artition BCDED$% Mana!e Boot Confi!uration Data B$%SADM$( Back!round $ntelli!ent %ransfer Service BOO%C)* Edit +indo,s 'oot settin!s BRO+S%A% *et domain- 'ro,ser and PDC info CAC.S CA.. CER%RE/ CER%U%$. CD C4A(*E C45DS5 C45(%)S C4O$CE C$P4ER CleanM!r C.EARMEM C.$P C.S C.US%ER CMD CMD5E6 CO.OR COMP COMPAC% COMPRESS CO(7PR% CO(VER% COP6 CSCcmd CSVDE C an!e file &ermissions Call one 'atc &ro!ram from anot er# Re0uest certificate from a certification aut ority Utility for certification aut ority 1CA2 files and services C an!e Directory 3 move to a s&ecific )older# C an!e %erminal Server Session &ro&erties C eck Disk 3 c eck and re&air disk &ro'lems C eck t e (%)S file system Acce&t key'oard in&ut to a 'atc file Encry&t or Decry&t files/folders Automated cleanu& of %em& files- recycle 'in Clear memory leaks Co&y S%D$( to t e +indo,s cli&'oard Clear t e screen# +indo,s Clusterin! Start a ne, CMD s ell Mana!e stored usernames/&ass,ords C an!e colors of t e CMD ,indo,# Com&are t e contents of t,o files or sets of files Com&ress files or folders on an (%)S &artition Com&ress individual files on an (%)S &artition Connect or disconnect a Printer Convert a )A% drive to (%)S Co&y one or more files to anot er location# Client3side cac in! 1Offline )iles2 $m&ort or E"&ort Active Directory data

DA%E Dis&lay or set t e date# DE)RA* Defra!ment ard drive DE. Delete one or more files# DE.PRO) Delete user &rofiles DE.%REE Delete a folder and all su'folders DevCon Device Mana!er Command .ine Utility D$R Dis&lay a list of files and folders# D$RUSE Dis&lay disk usa!e D$S5PAR% Disk Administration D$S5S4ADO+ Volume S ado, Co&y Service D(SS%A% D(S Statistics DOS5E6 Edit command line- recall commands- and create macros Driver/uery Dis&lay installed device drivers DSAC.s Active Directory AC.s

DSAdd DS*et DS/uery DSMod DSMove DSRM

Add items to active directory 1user !rou& com&uter2 Vie, items in active directory 1user !rou& com&uter2 Searc for items in active directory 1user !rou& com&uter2 Modify items in active directory 1user !rou& com&uter2 Move an Active directory O'8ect Remove items from Active Directory

EC4O Dis&lay messa!e on screen# E(D.OCA. End localisation of environment c an!es in a 'atc file# ERASE Delete one or more files# EVE(%CREA%E Add a messa!e to t e +indo,s event lo! E9$% /uit t e current scri&t/routine and set an errorlevel# E9PA(D Uncom&ress files E9%RAC% Uncom&ress CAB files )C )$(D )$(DS%R )OR /) )OR /) )OR )OR)$.ES )ORMA% )REED$S5 )SU%$. )%P )%6PE Com&are t,o files Searc for a te"t strin! in a file Searc for strin!s in files .oo& command: a!ainst a set of files# .oo& command: a!ainst t e results of anot er command# .oo& command: all o&tions )iles- Directory- .ist# Batc &rocess multi&le files )ormat a disk C eck free disk s&ace 1in 'ytes2 )ile and Volume utilities )ile %ransfer Protocol )ile e"tension file ty&e associations# Dis&lay t e Media Access Control 1MAC2 address Dis&lay mem'ers i& of !lo'al !rou&s Direct a 'atc &ro!ram to 8um& to a la'elled line# Dis&lay Resultant Set of Policy information U&date *rou& Policy settin!s ost name of t e com&uter

*E%MAC *.OBA. *O%O *PRESU.% *PUPDA%E

4E.P Online 4el& 4OS%(AME Dis&lay t e iCAC.S $) $)MEMBER $PCO()$*

C an!e file and folder &ermissions Conditionally &erform a command# $s t e current user a mem'er of a +ork!rou& Confi!ure $P Remove a &ro!ram from memory Edit a disk la'el Dis&lay mem'ers i& of local !rou&s +rite te"t to t e event vie,er Mana!e Performance Monitor .o! a user off .o! t e date and time in a file Create ;CAB files Send email from t e command line Baseline Security Analy<er Dis&lay memory usa!e Create ne, folders# Create a sym'olic link 1linkd2 # Confi!ure a system device Dis&lay out&ut- one screen at a time Mana!e a volume mount &oint Move files from one folder to anot er#

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MOVEUSER MS* MS$E9EC MS$()O=7 MS%SC MV (E% (E%DOM (E%S4 (E%SVC (B%S%A% (E%S%A% (O+ (S.OO5UP (%BAC5UP (%R$*4%S

Move a user from one domain to anot er Send a messa!e Microsoft +indo,s $nstaller System $nformation %erminal Server Connection 1Remote Deskto& Protocol2 Co&y in3use files Mana!e net,ork resources Domain Mana!er Confi!ure (et,ork $nterfaces- +indo,s )ire,all > Remote access Command3line Service Controller Dis&lay net,orkin! statistics 1(etB$OS over %CP/$P2 Dis&lay net,orkin! statistics 1%CP/$P2 Dis&lay t e current Date and %ime (ame server looku& Backu& folders to ta&e Edit user account ri! ts

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OPE()$.ES /uery or dis&lay o&en files PA%4 Dis&lay or set a searc &at for e"ecuta'le files# PA%4P$(* %race route &lus net,ork latency and &acket loss PAUSE Sus&end &rocessin! of a 'atc file and dis&lay a messa!e# PERMS S o, &ermissions for a user PER)MO( Performance Monitor P$(* %est a net,ork connection POPD Return to a &revious directory saved 'y PUS4D# POR%/R6 Dis&lay t e status of &orts and services PO+ERC)* Confi!ure &o,er settin!s PR$(% Print a te"t file PR$(%BRM Print 0ueue Backu&/Recovery PR(C()* Dis&lay- confi!ure or rename a &rinter PR(M(*R Add- delete- list &rinters set t e default &rinter PROMP% C an!e t e command &rom&t# PsE"ec E"ecute &rocess remotely Ps)ile S o, files o&ened remotely Ps*etSid Dis&lay t e S$D of a com&uter or a user Ps$nfo .ist information a'out a system Ps5ill 5ill &rocesses 'y name or &rocess $D Ps.ist .ist detailed information a'out &rocesses Ps.o!!edOn + o?s lo!!ed on 1locally or via resource s arin!2 Ps.o!.ist Event lo! records PsPass,d C an!e account &ass,ord PsPin! Measure net,ork &erformance PsService Vie, and control services PsS utdo,n S utdo,n or re'oot a com&uter PsSus&end Sus&end &rocesses PUS4D Save and t en c an!e t e current directory# /*REP /uery /uery /uery /uery Searc file1s2 for lines t at matc a !iven &attern Process Dis&lay &rocesses 1%S/Remote Deskto&2 Session Dis&lay all sessions 1%S/Remote Deskto&2 %ermServer .ist all servers 1%S/Remote Deskto&2 User Dis&lay user sessions 1%S/Remote Deskto&2 Mana!e RAS connections Mana!e RAS connections Recover a dama!ed file from a defective disk Re!istry: Read- Set- E"&ort- Delete keys and values $m&ort or e"&ort re!istry settin!s Re!ister or unre!ister a D..

RASD$A. RASP4O(E RECOVER RE* RE*ED$% RE*SVR=7

RE*$($ C an!e Re!istry Permissions REM Record comments 1remarks2 in a 'atc file# RE( Rename a file or files# REP.ACE Re&lace or u&date one file ,it anot er Reset Session Delete a Remote Deskto& Session RD Delete folder1s2# RM%S4ARE S are a folder or a &rinter ROBOCOP6 Ro'ust )ile and )older Co&y ROU%E Mani&ulate net,ork routin! ta'les RU( Start @ RU( commands RU(AS E"ecute a &ro!ram under a different user account RU(D..=7 Run a D.. command 1add/remove &rint connections2 s SC Service Control SC4%AS5S Sc edule a command to run at a s&ecific time SC.$S% Dis&lay Services SE% Dis&lay- set- or remove session environment varia'les# SE%.OCA. Control t e visi'ility of environment varia'les# SE%9 Set environment varia'les S)C System )ile C ecker S4ARE .ist or edit a file s are or &rint s are S ellRunAs Run a command under a different user account S4$)% S ift t e &osition of 'atc file &arameters# S4OR%CU% Create a ,indo,s s ortcut 1;.(5 file2 S4O+*RPS .ist t e +ork!rou&s a user as 8oined S4O+MBRS .ist t e Users , o are mem'ers of a +ork!rou& S4U%DO+( S utdo,n t e com&uter S.EEP +ait for " seconds S.M*R Soft,are .icensin! Mana!ement 1Vista/7AAB2 SOO( Sc edule a command to run in t e near future SOR% Sort in&ut S%AR% Start a &ro!ram- command or 'atc file# SU S,itc User SUB$(AC. Edit file and folder Permissions- O,ners i& and Domain SUBS% Associate a &at ,it a drive letter S6S%EM$()O .ist system confi!uration %A5EO+( %AS5.$S% %AS55$.. %E.(E% %$ME %$MEOU% %$%.E %.$S% %OUC4 %RACER% %REE %SD$SCO( %SS4U%D( %6PE %y&ePerf USRS%A% VER VER$)6 VO. +A$%)OR %ake o,ners i& of a file .ist runnin! a&&lications and services Remove a runnin! &rocess from memory Communicate ,it anot er ost usin! t e %E.(E% &rotocol Dis&lay or set t e system time# Delay &rocessin! of a 'atc file Set t e ,indo, title for a CMD;E9E session# %ask list ,it full &at C an!e file timestam&s %race route to a remote ost *ra& ical dis&lay of folder structure Disconnect a Remote Deskto& Session Remotely s ut do,n or re'oot a terminal server Dis&lay t e contents of a te"t file# +rite &erformance data to a lo! file .ist domain usernames and last lo!in Dis&lay version information# Verify t at files ave 'een saved# Dis&lay a disk la'el# +ait for or send a si!nal

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Clear event lo!s- ena'le/disa'le/0uery lo!s .ocate and dis&lay files in a directory tree Out&ut t e current User(ame and domain Com&are t e contents of t,o files or sets of files +indo,s system re&ort +indo,s Remote Mana!ement +indo,s Remote S ell +M$ Commands +indo,s U&date C an!e file and folder &ermissions Co&y files and folders Comment / Remark#