150+ Best Windows CMD Commands You Need To Know

 150+ Best Windows CMD Commands You Need To Know

What is CMD?

CMD is an acronym for Command. Command prompt or CMD is the command line interpreter of Windows operating systems. It is similar to Command.com used in DOS and Windows 9x systems where it is called as “MS-DOS Prompt”. It is analogous to Unix Shells used on Unix like system. The command prompt is a native application of the Windows operating system and gives the user an option to perform operations using commands.

Command prompt makes use of the command line interface to interact with the User. In the Windows operating system, this command prompt interface is implemented through the Win32 console. User can open the interface by via the CMD run command or by going to its original location C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe.

How Does CMD Works?

With the command shell, you can have direct interaction with the operating system. Think command prompt as an interpreter which accepts the commands or the inputs from the User and translate it into machine language. These commands are predefined and perform a specific task. These commands can be clubbed together as well to perform a series of task. Also, these commands need not be entered manually and can be written in a batch file to automate some of the manual tasks like taking a scheduled server backup, deleting junk files and so on. These commands are very handy at the time of network troubleshooting or for a day to day work. These commands can be called from many programming languages such as Java which allows the programmer to perform task directly via the command prompt which otherwise would take several lines of code to be written essentially to perform the same task.

How To Use CMD Commands?

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. Below are list of very useful CMD Commands for your windows system.

1. Comparing two files – fc

 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

 11. Check Disk Utility – chkdsk

 12. Clipboard Viewer – clipbrd

 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

 35. Fonts – control 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

 47. Internet Properties – inetcpl.cpl

 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

 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

 68. Outlook Express – msimn

 69. Paint – pbrush

 71. Performance Monitor – perfmon.msc

 72. Performance Monitor – perfmon

 74. Phone Dialer – dialer

 75. Pinball Game – pinball

 76. Power Configuration – powercfg.cpl

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 77. Printers and Faxes – control printers

 78. Printers Folder – printers

 79. Regional Settings – intl.cpl

 80. Registry Editor – regedit

 81. Registry Editor – regedit32

 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

 90. Services – services.msc

 91. Shared Folders – fsmgmt.msc

 92. Shuts Down Windows – shutdown

 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

 101. TCP Tester – tcptest

 102. Telnet Client – telnet

 104. Utility Manager – utilman

 105. Windows Address Book – wab

 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

 114. Compressing one or more files – compress

 116. Delete files – del

 117. Deleting User Profiles – delprof

 118. Displaying the list of files and folders – dir

 119. Displaying Message On Screen – echo

 121. Opening the windows Explorer – explorer

 122. Formatting a disk – format

 123. Knowing file extension – ftype

 124. Displaying the Mac Address – getmac

 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

 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

 138. Checking free disk space – freedisk

 139. Know the file and volume utilities – fsutil

 140. File transfer protocl – ftp

 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. Managing the domain – netdom

 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

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

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