Lifehacker reader Paladin writes in with some smart command line-fu for running quick commands using command line switches: Whenever I want to do a quick "ping google.com" to see whether my network ...

Opening the Command Prompt and running some commands every time is somewhat a tedious job. Are you also bored of using it constantly? If yes, then why not use a double-clickable desktop shortcut ...

A Command Prompt allows you to run programs, manipulate Windows settings, and access files by typing in commands that you wish to execute. To start a Command Prompt you simply need to type cmd.exe in ...

If you have every used the Command Line, or CMD, interface in Windows, you probably have some idea of the powerful things it can do. Creating your own CMD scripts, you can do even more, but faster. A ...

The Windows Command Prompt is a Windows shell that allows you to execute command by typing them in and pressing enter on the keyboard. Stemming from the Microsoft DOS operating system, this command ...

Explore 280+ CMD commands with detailed descriptions across Windows versions, from Windows XP to 11 The Command Prompt in ...

Explore easy and quick methods to navigate folders in Windows Command Prompt, troubleshoot issues, and streamline your workflow Reviewed by Jon Fisher Type cd and drag a folder into Command Prompt to ...

The Command Prompt can't function as an Internet browser, and you can't really open a website from the command line without launching a browser, but it has some useful tools. One such tool is the Ping ...

I'm trying to test something out on a group of networked computers, so I wrote a little script that will copy and launch my little test script, but doing so pops up a cmd window for several seconds ...

Sometimes you want to modify the Windows user interface, manipulate connected hardware, and create interesting Windows boot-time configurations. As a systems administrator junkie myself, I really have ...