An A-Z Index of the Windows XP command line “ All Run Commands” In One Page

An A-Z Index of the Windows XP command line


ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file

ARP Address Resolution Protocol

ASSOC Change file extension associations•

ASSOCIAT One step file association

ATTRIB Change file attributes

b

BOOTCFG Edit Windows boot settings

BROWSTAT Get domain, browser and PDC info

c

CACLS Change file permissions

CALL Call one batch program from another•

CD Change Directory - move to a specific Folder•

CHANGE Change Terminal Server Session properties

CHKDSK Check Disk - check and repair disk problems

CHKNTFS Check the NTFS file system

CHOICE Accept keyboard input to a batch file

CIPHER Encrypt or Decrypt files/folders

CleanMgr Automated cleanup of Temp files, recycle bin

CLEARMEM Clear memory leaks

CLIP Copy STDIN to the Windows clipboard.

CLS Clear the screen•

CLUSTER Windows Clustering

CMD Start a new CMD shell

COLOR Change colors of the CMD window•

COMP Compare the contents of two files or sets of files

COMPACT Compress files or folders on an NTFS partition

COMPRESS Compress individual files on an NTFS partition

CON2PRT Connect or disconnect a Printer

CONVERT Convert a FAT drive to NTFS.

COPY Copy one or more files to another location•

CSCcmd Client-side caching (Offline Files)

CSVDE Import or Export Active Directory data

d

DATE Display or set the date•

DEFRAG Defragment hard drive

DEL Delete one or more files•

DELPROF Delete NT user profiles

DELTREE Delete a folder and all subfolders

DevCon Device Manager Command Line Utility

DIR Display a list of files and folders•

DIRUSE Display disk usage

DISKCOMP Compare the contents of two floppy disks

DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one floppy disk to another

DISKPART Disk Administration

DNSSTAT DNS Statistics

DOSKEY Edit command line, recall commands, and create macros

DSACLs Active Directory ACLs

DSAdd Add items to active directory (user group computer)

DSGet View items in active directory (user group computer)

DSQuery Search for items in active directory (user group computer)

DSMod Modify items in active directory (user group computer)

DSMove Move an Active directory Object

DSRM Remove items from Active Directory

e

ECHO Display message on screen•

ENDLOCAL End localisation of environment changes in a batch file•

ERASE Delete one or more files•

EVENTCREATE Add a message to the Windows event log

EXIT Quit the current script/routine and set an errorlevel•

EXPAND Uncompress files

EXTRACT Uncompress CAB files

f

FC Compare two files

FIND Search for a text string in a file

FINDSTR Search for strings in files

FOR /F Loop command: against a set of files•

FOR /F Loop command: against the results of another command•

FOR Loop command: all options Files, Directory, List•

FORFILES Batch process multiple files

FORMAT Format a disk

FREEDISK Check free disk space (in bytes)

FSUTIL File and Volume utilities

FTP File Transfer Protocol

FTYPE Display or modify file types used in file extension associations•

g

GLOBAL Display membership of global groups

GOTO Direct a batch program to jump to a labelled line•

GPUPDATE Update Group Policy settings

h

HELP Online Help

i

iCACLS Change file and folder permissions

IF Conditionally perform a command•

IFMEMBER Is the current user in an NT Workgroup

IPCONFIG Configure IP

k

KILL Remove a program from memory

l

LABEL Edit a disk label

LOCAL Display membership of local groups

LOGEVENT Write text to the NT event viewer

LOGOFF Log a user off

LOGTIME Log the date and time in a file

m

MAPISEND Send email from the command line

MBSAcli Baseline Security Analyzer.

MEM Display memory usage

MD Create new folders•

MKLINK Create a symbolic link (linkd)

MODE Configure a system device

MORE Display output, one screen at a time

MOUNTVOL Manage a volume mount point

MOVE Move files from one folder to another•

MOVEUSER Move a user from one domain to another

MSG Send a message

MSIEXEC Microsoft Windows Installer

MSINFO Windows NT diagnostics

MSTSC Terminal Server Connection (Remote Desktop Protocol)

MUNGE Find and Replace text within file(s)

MV Copy in-use files

n

NET Manage network resources

NETDOM Domain Manager

NETSH Configure Network Interfaces, Windows Firewall & Remote access

NETSVC Command-line Service Controller

NBTSTAT Display networking statistics (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)

NETSTAT Display networking statistics (TCP/IP)

NOW Display the current Date and Time

NSLOOKUP Name server lookup

NTBACKUP Backup folders to tape

NTRIGHTS Edit user account rights

o

OPENFILES Query or display open files

p

PATH Display or set a search path for executable files•

PATHPING Trace route plus network latency and packet loss

PAUSE Suspend processing of a batch file and display a message•

PERMS Show permissions for a user

PERFMON Performance Monitor

PING Test a network connection

POPD Restore the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD•

PORTQRY Display the status of ports and services

POWERCFG Configure power settings

PRINT Print a text file

PRNCNFG Display, configure or rename a printer

PRNMNGR Add, delete, list printers set the default printer

PROMPT Change the command prompt•

PsExec Execute process remotely

PsFile Show files opened remotely

PsGetSid Display the SID of a computer or a user

PsInfo List information about a system

PsKill Kill processes by name or process ID

PsList List detailed information about processes

PsLoggedOn Who's logged on (locally or via resource sharing)

PsLogList Event log records

PsPasswd Change account password

PsService View and control services

PsShutdown Shutdown or reboot a computer

PsSuspend Suspend processes

PUSHD Save and then change the current directory•

q

QGREP Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern.

r

RASDIAL Manage RAS connections

RASPHONE Manage RAS connections

RECOVER Recover a damaged file from a defective disk.

REG Registry: Read, Set, Export, Delete keys and values

REGEDIT Import or export registry settings

REGSVR32 Register or unregister a DLL

REGINI Change Registry Permissions

REM Record comments (remarks) in a batch file•

REN Rename a file or files•

REPLACE Replace or update one file with another

RD Delete folder(s)•

RMTSHARE Share a folder or a printer

ROBOCOPY Robust File and Folder Copy

ROUTE Manipulate network routing tables

RUNAS Execute a program under a different user account

RUNDLL32 Run a DLL command (add/remove print connections)

s

SC Service Control

SCHTASKS Schedule a command to run at a specific time

SCLIST Display NT Services

SET Display, set, or remove environment variables•

SETLOCAL Control the visibility of environment variables•

SETX Set environment variables permanently

SFC System File Checker

SHARE List or edit a file share or print share

SHIFT Shift the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file•

SHORTCUT Create a windows shortcut (.LNK file)

SHOWGRPS List the NT Workgroups a user has joined

SHOWMBRS List the Users who are members of a Workgroup

SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer

SLEEP Wait for x seconds

SLMGR Software Licensing Management (Vista/2008)

SOON Schedule a command to run in the near future

SORT Sort input

START Start a program or command in a separate window•

SU Switch User

SUBINACL Edit file and folder Permissions, Ownership and Domain

SUBST Associate a path with a drive letter

SYSTEMINFO List system configuration

t

TASKLIST List running applications and services

TASKKILL Remove a running process from memory

TIME Display or set the system time•

TIMEOUT Delay processing of a batch file

TITLE Set the window title for a CMD.EXE session•

TLIST Task list with full path

TOUCH Change file timestamps

TRACERT Trace route to a remote host

TREE Graphical display of folder structure

TYPE Display the contents of a text file•

u

USRSTAT List domain usernames and last login

v

VER Display version information•

VERIFY Verify that files have been saved•

VOL Display a disk label•

w

WHERE Locate and display files in a directory tree

WHOAMI Output the current UserName and domain

WINDIFF Compare the contents of two files or sets of files

WINMSD Windows system diagnostics

WINMSDP Windows system diagnostics II

WMIC WMI Commands

x

XCACLS Change file and folder permissions

XCOPY Copy files and folders

:: Comment / Remark•

Commands marked • are Internal commands only available within the CMD shell.

All other commands (not marked with •) are external commands which may be used under the CMD shell, PowerShell, or directly from START-RUN.

Murtaza Jarwar