Articles tagged: Command Prompt Tips

Enable administrator

Tip of the Day: Enable or Disable the Administrator Account

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Environment Variables

Tip of the Day: Edit the Path Variable

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ping diagnostics

Tip of the Day: Diagnose Network Problems with Ping

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Tip of the Day: The Clip Command

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Start /Min

Tip of the Day: Run a Program Minimized from the Command Prompt

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ipconfig /all

Tip of the Day: View Your Network IP Configuration

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Clear print queue

Tip of the Day: Clearing the Print Queue Using a Command File

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Tracert

Tip of the Day: Tracert

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nslookup and ping

Tip of the Day: Resolve IP Addresses in Command Prompt

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Dragging filename.

Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop Full Paths into Command Prompt

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XCOPY

Tip of the Day: Copy Only Updated Files Using XCOPY

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DriverQuery

Tip of the Day: List All Drivers

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UNC Connections

Tip of the Day: Use Remote Files Without Connecting First

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CD /D

Tip of the Day: Change Directory and Change Drive in Command Prompt

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The Echo command

Tip of the Day: the Many Uses of Echo

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Piping

Tip of the Day: Redirection and Piping

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CMD Prompt

Tip of the Day: Hack the Command Prompt Prompt

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Ctrl+C In Action

Tip of the Day: Abort Command Prompt Programs with Ctrl+C

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Running a document

Tip of the Day: “Running” Documents in Command Prompt

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RD /S

Tip of the Day: Delete the Contents of a Directory in Command Prompt

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Help in Windows Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Two Ways to Get Help in Command Prompt

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Command Prompt Command History

Tip of the Day: More Command History in Command Prompt

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Systeminfo

Tip of the Day: The Systeminfo Command

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A short batch file.

Tip of the Day: Batch Files

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The PATH variable in CMD

Tip of the Day: The PATH Variable

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DIR /S/B

Tip of the Day: Build and Search a List of Every File on Your PC

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Pushd and Popd in Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: PushD and PopD

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About to clean the TMP folder.

Tip of the Day: Clean Temporary Files by Brute Force

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CertUtil calculating a hash.

Tip of the Day: Calculate Hash Values

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DIR /Q in the Windows Command Prompt.

Tip of the Day: DIR /Q for Ownership

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Command Tab Expansion

Tip of the Day: Filename Expansion

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Tip of the Day: The SET Command

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SFC - The System File Checker

Tip of the Day: System File Checker

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The results of tasklist | more

Tip of the Day: Tasklist

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Hard disk being "erased".

Tip of the Day: Format for Secure HDD Erasure

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Command Prompt having run a startup script

Tip of the Day: A Command Prompt Shortcut That Sticks Around

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SetColor batch file

Tip of the Day: Detecting Administrative Privileges in a Command Prompt

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Tasklist filtered to edge.

Tip of the Day: Tasklist, the Command Line Task Utility

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Copying Multiple Files with Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Copy Files in Command Prompt

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Tree Command

Tip of the Day: The TREE Command

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Customized Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Set a Custom Command Prompt Prompt

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Sorted Names

Tip of the Day: Sort in the Command Line

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Cmd Window Size

Tip of the Day: Resize the Command Prompt

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CTRL+C

Tip of the Day: CTRL+C to Interrupt Command Prompt

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CMD Search

Tip of the Day: Search Quickly with Command Prompt

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CHKDSK

Tip of the Day: Back Up Before CHKDSK

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CD to the TMP folder.

Tip of the Day: Visit (and Clean) the Temp Folder in Windows Command Prompt

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Command Prompt Opened to Folder

Tip of the Day: Open Command Prompt in File Explorer’s Displayed Folder

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Windows Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Filenames with Spaces on the Command Line

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Clip

Tip of the Day: the Clip Command

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