An A-Z Index of the Windows command line

a
   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

   DSADD    Add user (computer, group..) to active directory
   DSQUERY  List items in active directory

   DSMOD    Modify user (computer, group..) in active directory

   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

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.

Run Commands for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7:

Accessibility Controls access.cpl
Accessibility Options control access.cpl
Adapter Troubleshooter (Vista/Win7) AdapterTroubleshooter
Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs (Add New Programs) control appwiz.cpl,,1
Add/Remove Programs (Add Remove Windows Components) control appwiz.cpl,,2
Add/Remove Programs (Set Program Access & Defaults ) control appwiz.cpl,,3
Administrative Tools control admintools
Advanced User Accounts Control Panel (Vista/Win7) Netplwiz
Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl
Authorization Manager (Vista/Win7) azman.msc

Backup Status and Utility (Vista/Win7) sdclt
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt
Calculator calc
Certificate Manager certmgr.msc
Character Map charmap
Check Disk Utility (XP) chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer clipbrd
Color Management colorcpl
Command Prompt cmd
Component Services dcomcnfg
Computer Management (XP) compmgmt.msc
Computer Management (Vista/Win7) CompMgmtLauncher
Control Panel control
Credential (passwords) Backup and Restore Wizard (Vista/Win7) credwiz

Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl
Device Manager devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel* directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr
Disk Defragmenter (XP) dfrg.msc
Disk Defragmenter (Vista) dfrgui
Disk Defragmenter defrag
Disk Management diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager diskpart
Display Properties control desktop
Display Properties desk.cpl
Display Properties (Appearance) control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility verifier
Driver Package Installer (Vista/Win7) dpinst
DVD Player dvdplay

Event Viewer eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool sigverif
Files and Settings Transfer Tool migwiz
Findfast findfast.cpl
Firewall Control Panel (Vista/Win7) FirewallControlPanel
Firewall Settings (Vista/Win7) FirewallSettings
Folders Properties control folders
Fonts control fonts
Fonts Folder fonts

Game Controllers joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) gpedit.msc

Indexing Service ciadv.msc
Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration ipconfig
iSCSI Initiator (Vista/Win7) iscsicpl

Keyboard Properties control keyboard

Language Pack Installer (Vista/Win7) lpksetup
Local Security Policy secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups (XP) lusrmgr.msc
Log out logoff

Microsoft Access* msaccess
Microsoft Excel* excel
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt
Microsoft Paint mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint* powerpnt
Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (Vista/Win7) msdt
Microsoft Word* winword
Mouse Properties control mouse
Mouse Properties main.cpl
MSN Messenger* msnmsgr

Network Connections control netconnections
Network Connections ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl
Notepad notepad

ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard osk

Paint pbrush
Password Properties password.cpl
Performance Monitor perfmon.msc
Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer dialer
Power Configuration powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes control printers
Printers Folder printers
Private Character Editor eudcedit

Quicktime* QuickTime.cpl
Quicktime Player* quicktimeplayer
Regional Settings intl.cpl
Registry Editor regedit
Registry Editor regedit32
Reliability and Performance Monitor perfmon.msc
Remote Assistance(Vista/Win7) msra
Remote Desktop mstsc
Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks
Security Center wscui.cpl
Services services.msc
Shared Creation Wizard shrpubw
Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc
Shut Down Windows shutdown
Software Licensing/Activation (Vista/Win7) slui
Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl
Sound Recorder (Vista/Win7) soundrecorder
Sound Volume (Vista/Win7) sndvol
SQL Client Configuration cliconfg
Sync Center mobsync
Syncronization Tool mobsync
System Configuration Editor sysedit
System Configuration Utility msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan/Purge) sfc
System Information msinfo32
System Properties sysdm.cpl
System Properties (Vista/Win7) SystemPropertiesAdvanced, SystemPropertiesComputerName,
SystemPropertiesDataExecutionPrevention,SystemPropertiesHardware,
SystemPropertiesPerformance,SystemPropertiesProtection, SystemPropertiesRemote

Task Manager taskmgr
Telnet Client telnet
Trusted Platform Module Initialization Wizard (Vista/Win7) TpmInit
Tweak UI* tweakui
User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager utilman

Windows Error Reports wercon
Windows Features (Vista/Win7) optionalfeatures
Windows Firewall firewall.cpl
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (Vista/Win7) wf.msc
Windows Image Acquisition (scanner)(Vista/Win7) wiaacmgr
Windows Magnifier magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc
Windows Mobility Center (Mobile PCs only)(Vista/Win7) mblctr
Windows Security Center wscui.cpl
Windows System Security Tool syskey
Windows Update wupdmgr
Windows Update (Vista/Win7) wuapp
Windows Update Standalone Installer(Vista/Win7) wusa
Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart
Windows Version (About Windows) winver
Wordpad write

* = optional component that may not be installed on all machines.

“The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things” - John Dvorak

Windows XP Command Line Syntax

   Parameters    Command Line Parameters  %1  %~f1 

   Variables     Create/read environment variables

   Redirection   Spooling output to a file, piping input

   AND/OR Logic  Conditional Execution (If-Then-Else)

   Loops         Loops and Subroutines

   functions     How to package blocks of code

   Services     List of Windows XP Services

Evaluating expressions

   Using brackets to Group and expand expressions

   Delayed Expansion Manage  and  text

   SET /A        Environment variable arithmetic

   VarSubstring  Extract part of a variable (substring)

   VarSearch     Search & replace part of a variable

   Escape chars, delimiters and quotes

   Wildcards     Match multiple files

Batch Files 

   DateMath      Add or subtract days from any date

   GetDate.cmd   Get todays date (any region, any OS)

   GetTime.cmd   Get the time now 

   GetGMT.cmd    Time adjusted to Greenwich Mean Time

   datetime.vbs  Get Date, Time and daylight savings 

   deQuote       Remove quotes from a string

   DelOlder.cmd  Delete files more than n days old

   StampMe.cmd   Rename a file with the date/time

   Which.cmd     Display full path to any command

   DragDrop.cmd  Drag and drop onto a batch script

Reference/How to

   RUN commands   Start-Run Snap-Ins and Control panel applets

   Slow Browsing  Speed up network browsing

   Printing       Printer connections and print drivers

   Qchange        Script to change Printer connections

   Permissions    Local vs Global workgroups

   Long Filenames NTFS filename issues

   WorkGroups     Built-In Users and Security Groups

   autoexec       Run commands at startup

   Recovery       The Recovery Console

   Disable UAC    User Account Control

   WinXP Registry User interface settings

An A-Z Index of Windows Scripting Host commands (WSH/VB Script)

Arguments, display - WshArguments.Item (also Count and length)

Command, cscript - Run a VBS/WSH Script

Command, .Run command

Command, .Exec execute command 

Command, .AppActivate activate running command

Drive Map         -  .MapNetworkDrive

Drive Map, list   -  .EnumNetworkDrives

Drive Map, remove -  .RemoveNetworkDrive

Echo text    .Echo

Echo text to StdOut.Write

Echo, popup  .Popup

Environment, read env variables   - .Environment

Environment, expand env variables - .ExpandEnvironmentStrings

Environment, delete env variables - .WshEnvironment.Remove

Environment, echo .ComputerName

Environment, echo .UserName

Environment, echo .UserDomain

Log an item in the Event log .LogEvent

Object, create    -  .CreateObject

Object, get       -  .GetObject

Object, disconnect-  .DisconnectObject

Path of wscript.exe          - .Name

Path to current directory    - .CurrentDirectory

Pathname of wscript.exe      - .FullName

Pathname of script being run - .ScriptFullName

Path to desktop,start menu.. - .SpecialFolders

Printer, add printer         - .AddPrinterConnection

Printer, add Network printer - .AddWindowsPrinterConnection

Printer, list printers       - .EnumPrinterConnections

Printer, set default printer - .SetDefaultPrinter

Printer, remove printer      - .RemovePrinterConnection 

Quit    - .Quit

Registry, delete - .RegDelete

Registry, read   - .RegRead

Registry, write  - .RegWrite

Send Keys - .SendKeys

Shortcut,create - .CreateShortcut

Sleep - .Sleep

text input          - .ReadLine

text output         - .Write

Version of wscript  - .Version

Syntax
Variables, Functions, Operators,
Conditional and looping Statements.


Examples:
DriveMap.vbs - Connect to a network file share.
qchange.vbs - Re-assign network printer connections 
compinfo.vbs - List Computer properties (as shown in ADUC) 
userinfo.vbs - List User properties (as shown in ADUC) 
datetime.vbs - Get Date, Time and daylight savings
uname.vbs - List user's simple name when called with a Distinguished Name 
Localadmins.vbs - List local administrators across a network domain