CMD Commands For Your Windows

Here are some of major CMD commands we use in our lab works or at workplaces, We written some commands for you in this article 

To Open CMD, you need to search for CMD in the Search box or you can simply press Windows Key + R that will eventually open the Run window,

where you need to type CMD and hit enter.

 1. Accessibility Controls – access.cpl

 2. Accessibility Wizard – accwiz

 3. Add Hardware Wizard – hdwwiz.cpl

 4. Add/Remove Programs – appwiz.cpl

 5. Administrative Tools – control admintools

 6. Automatic Updates – wuaucpl.cpl

 7. Bluetooth Transfer Wizard – fsquirt

 8. Calculator – calc

 9. Certificate Manager – certmgr.msc

 10. Character Map – charmap

 11. Check Disk Utility – chkdsk

 12. Clipboard Viewer – clipbrd

 13. Command Prompt – cmd

 14. Component Services – dcomcnfg

 15. Computer Management – compmgmt.msc

 16. Control Panel – control

 17. Date and Time Properties – timedate.cpl

 18. DDE Shares – ddeshare

 19. Device Manager – devmgmt.msc

 20. Direct X Troubleshooter – dxdiag

 21. Disk Cleanup Utility – cleanmgr

 22. Disk Defragment – dfrg.msc

 23. Disk Management – diskmgmt.msc

 24. Disk Partition Manager – diskpart

 25. Display Properties – control desktop

 26. Display Properties – desk.cpl

 27. Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility – drwtsn32

 28. Driver Verifier Utility – verifier

 29. Event Viewer – eventvwr.msc

 30. Files and Settings Transfer Tool – migwiz

 31. File Signature Verification Tool – sigverif

 32. Findfast – findfast.cpl

 33. Firefox – firefox

 34. Folders Properties – control folders

 35. Fonts – control fonts

 36. Fonts Folder – fonts

 37. Free Cell Card Game – freecell

 38. Game Controllers – joy.cpl

 39. Group Policy Editor (for xp professional) – gpedit.msc

 40. Hearts Card Game – mshearts

 41. Help and Support – helpctr

 42. HyperTerminal – hypertrm

 43. Iexpress Wizard – iexpress

 44. Indexing Service – ciadv.msc

 45. Internet Connection Wizard – icwconn1

 46. Internet Explorer – iexplore

 47. Internet Properties – inetcpl.cpl

 48. Keyboard Properties – control keyboard

 49. Local Security Settings – secpol.msc

 50. Local Users and Groups – lusrmgr.msc

 51. Logs You Out Of Windows – logoff

 52. Malicious Software Removal Tool – mrt 53. Microsoft Chat – winchat

 54. Microsoft Movie Maker – moviemk

 55. Microsoft Paint – mspaint

 56. Microsoft Syncronization Tool – mobsync

 57. Minesweeper Game – winmine

 58. Mouse Properties – control mouse

 59. Mouse Properties – main.cpl

 60. Netmeeting – conf

 61. Network Connections – control netconnections

 62. Network Connections – ncpa.cpl

 63. Network Setup Wizard – netsetup.cpl

 64. Notepad – notepad

 65. Object Packager – packager

 66. ODBC Data Source Administrator – odbccp32.cpl

 67. On Screen Keyboard – osk

 68. Outlook Express – msimn

 69. Paint – pbrush

 70. Password Properties – password.cpl

 71. Performance Monitor – perfmon.msc

 72. Performance Monitor – perfmon

 73. Phone and Modem Options – telephon.cpl

 74. Phone Dialer – dialer

 75. Pinball Game – pinball

 76. Power Configuration – powercfg.cpl

 77. Printers and Faxes – control printers

 78. Printers Folder – printers

 79. Regional Settings – intl.cpl

 80. Registry Editor – regedit

 81. Registry Editor – regedit32

 82. Remote Access Phonebook – rasphone

 83. Remote Desktop – mstsc

 84. Removable Storage – ntmsmgr.msc

 85. Removable Storage Operator Requests – ntmsoprq.msc

 86. Resultant Set of Policy (for xp professional) – rsop.msc

 87. Scanners and Cameras – sticpl.cpl

 88. Scheduled Tasks – control schedtasks

 89. Security Center – wscui.cpl

 90. Services – services.msc

 91. Shared Folders – fsmgmt.msc

 92. Shuts Down Windows – shutdown

 93. Sounds and Audio – mmsys.cpl

 94. Spider Solitare Card Game – spider

 95. SQL Client Configuration – cliconfg

 96. System Configuration Editor – sysedit

 97. System Configuration Utility – msconfig

 98. System Information – msinfo32

 99. System Properties – sysdm.cpl

 100. Task Manager – taskmgr

 101. TCP Tester – tcptest

 102. Telnet Client – telnet

 103. User Account Management – nusrmgr.cpl

 104. Utility Manager – utilman

 105. Windows Address Book – wab

 106. Windows Address Book Import Utility – wabmig

 107. Windows Explorer – explorer.

 108. Managing the Boot Configuration Data – bcdedit

 109. Editing Boot Settings – bootcfg

 110. Encrypting or Decrypting Files/folders – cipher

 111. Clearing the screen – cls

 112. Managing stored usernames/passwords – cmdkey

 113. Changing CMD Color – color

 114. Compressing one or more files – compress

 115. Converting FAT drives to NTFS – convert

 116. Delete files – del

 117. Deleting User Profiles – delprof

 118. Displaying the list of files and folders – dir

 119. Displaying Message On Screen – echo

 120. Deleting one or more files – erase

 121. Opening the windows Explorer – explorer

 122. Formatting a disk – format

 123. Knowing file extension – ftype

 124. Displaying the Mac Address – getmac

 125. Online help – help

 126. Displaying the host name – hostname

 127. Editing disc label – label

 128. Log a user off – logoff

 129. Get a log time in a file – logtime

 130. Creating .cab files – makecab

 131. Creating new folders- md

 132. Opening Windows Installer – msiexec

 133. Managing the network resources – net

 134. Knowing the permissions for a user – perms

 135. Testing a network connecting – ping

 136. Printing a text file – print

 137. Shutdown computer – psshutdown

 138. Checking free disk space – freedisk

 139. Know the file and volume utilities – fsutil

 140. File transfer protocl – ftp

 141. Showing the space used in folders – diskuse

 142. Deleting a folder and all subfolders – deltree

 143. Importing or Exporting Active directory data – csvde

 144. Displaying the resultant set of Policy information – gpresult

 145. Updating the Group policy settings – gpupdate

 146. Replacing the files that are currently in use by the os – inuse

 147. Comparing two files – fc

 148. Finding a text string in a file – find

 149. Finding for a strings in file – findstr

 150. Displaying the memory usage – mem

 151. Remote desktop protocol – mstsc

 152. Managing the domain – netdom

 So, these are the best cmd commands. I hope these cmd commands will help you a lot.