Commands A-M

1. A
   1. @ (Batch) Used before a batch command so that the command will not be displayed before it is executed
   2. ACCDATE (Config) Enables/disables recording file last access date
   3. ACLCONV (Command) Converts OS/2 HPFS386 file/directory permissions to NTFS volumes
   4. ADPREP (Command) Prepares Windows 2000 domains and forests for an upgrade to Windows Server 2003
   5. ANSI.SYS (Config) Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys
   6. APPEND (Command) Enables programs to open data files in specified directories as if the files were in the current directory
   7. ARP (Command) Changes the IP-to-Ethernet or token ring physical address translation tables used by the Address Resolution Protocol
   8. ASSIGN (Command) Redirects requests for disk read/write operations on one drive to a different drive
   9. ASSOC (Command) Change file extension associations
   10. ASSOCIATE (Command) One step file association
   11. AT (Command) Schedule a command to run at a later time
   12. ATMADM (Command) Monitors connections and addresses registered by the ATM Call Manager on an ATM network
   13. ATTRIB (Command) Change file attributes
2. B
   1. BACKUP (Command) Backs up one or more files from one disk to another
   2. BASIC (Command) BASIC programming language interpreter
   3. BASICA (Command) Advanced BASIC programming language interpreter
   4. BLAT (Command) Public Domain utility that sends the contents of a file in an e-mail message using SMTP
   5. BOOTCFG Configures, queries, or changes Boot.ini file settings
      1. BOOTCFG /ADDSW (Command) Adds BOOT.INI load options
      2. BOOTCFG /COPY (Command) Makes another operating system instance copy
      3. BOOTCFG /DBG1394 (Command) Configures 1394 port debugging
      4. BOOTCFG /DEBUG (Command) Adds or changes the debug settings
      5. BOOTCFG /DEFAULT (Command) Designate the default operating system entry
      6. BOOTCFG /DELETE (Command) Deletes an operating system entry
      7. BOOTCFG /EMS (Command) Adds or changes the EMS console redirection
      8. BOOTCFG /QUERY (Command) Displays the [boot loader] and [operating systems] sections
      9. BOOTCFG /RAW (Command) Adds load options to an [operating systems] entry
      10. BOOTCFG /RMSW (Command) Removes BOOT.INI load options
      11. BOOTCFG /TIMEOUT (Command) Changes the operating system time-out value
   6. BREAK (Command) Sets or clears extended CTRL+C (^C) checking
   7. BREAK.SYS (Configuration) Sets or clears extended CTRL+C (^C) checking
   8. BUFFERS (Configuration) Set number of disk buffers
3. C
   1. CACLS (Command) Change file permissions
   2. CALL (Batch) Call one batch program from another
   3. CERTREQ (Command) Requests certificate from a certification authority (CA)
      1. CERTREQ ACCEPT (Command)
      2. CERTREQ NEW (Command)
      3. CERTREQ POLICY (Command)
      4. CERTREQ RETRIEVE (Command)
      5. CERTREQ SIGN (Command)
      6. CERTREQ SUBMIT (Command)
   4. CERTUTIL (Command) Certification Authority (CA) utility
      1. CERTUTIL archival/recovery (Command) Key archival and recovery.
      2. CERTUTIL backup/restore (Command) Backing up and restoring certificates.
      3. CERTUTIL certificates (Command) Managing certificates.
      4. CERTUTIL configure (Command) Configuring a Certification Authority (CA).
      5. CERTUTIL CRLs (Command) Managing certificate revocation lists (CRL).
      6. CERTUTIL decode/encode (Command) Encoding and decoding certificates.
      7. CERTUTIL manage (Command) Managing a Certification Authority.
      8. CERTUTIL troubleshooting (Command) Troubleshooting certificates.
   5. CHANGE LOGON (Terminal Services Command) Enables/disables logons from client sessions
   6. CHANGE PORT (Terminal Services Command) Change the COM port mappings
   7. CHANGE USER (Terminal Services Command) Changes .INI file mapping
   8. CD (Command) Change Directory - move to a specific Folder
   9. CHCP (Command) Display or change the active character set for all devices that support character set switching
   10. CHDIR (Command) Change Directory - move to a specific Folder
   11. CHKDSK (Command) Check Disk - check and repair disk problems
   12. CHKNTFS (Command) Check the NTFS file system
   13. CHKSTATE.SYS (Configuration) Used exclusively by MEMMAKER
   14. CHOICE (Batch) Accept keyboard input to a batch file
   15. CIPHER (Command) Changes the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions
   16. CLEARMEM (Command) Forces pages out of RAM
   17. CLIP (Command) Copy STDIN to the Windows clipboard
   18. CLS (Command) Clear the screen
   19. CLUADMIN (Command) Connect to a server cluster
   20. CLUSTER (Command) Administer server clusters
       1. CLUSTER GROUP (Command)
       2. CLUSTER NETINTERFACE (Command)
       3. CLUSTER NETWORK (Command)
       4. CLUSTER NODE (Command)
       5. CLUSTER RESOURCE (Command)
       6. CLUSTER RESOURCETYPE (Command)
   21. CMD (Command) Start a new CMD shell
   22. CMDKEY (Command) Creates, lists and deletes stored user names and passwords or credentials.
   23. CMSTP (Command) Installs/removes a Connection Manager service profile
   24. CODEPAGE (Command) Selects the code pages that the system will use
   25. COLOR (Command) Change colours of the CMD window
   26. COMMAND (Command) Starts a new instance of the operating system command interpreter
   27. COMMANDMAIL (Command) Commercial command-line SMTP Mailer
   28. COMP (Command) Compare the contents of two files or sets of files
   29. COMPACT (Command) Compress files on an NTFS partition
   30. CON2PRT (Command) Connect or disconnect a Printer
   31. CONVERT (Command) Convert a FAT/FAT32 drive to NTFS
   32. CONLOG (Command) Convert Web server log files to NCSA Common file format
   33. COPY (Command) Copy one or more files to another location
   34. BREAK.SYS (Configuration) Set country-dependent information
   35. CPROFILE (Terminal Services Command) Cleans specified profiles
   36. CSCRIPT (Command) Command-line-based script host
   37. CSVDE (Command) Imports/exports Active Directory data to CSV format file
   38. CTTY (Command) Changes the terminal device used to control your computer
4. D
   1. DATE (Command) Display or set the date
   2. DBLSPACE (Command) Enables the loading of the real-mode driver (DblSpace.bin) into upper memory
   3. DBLSPACE.SYS (Config) Real-mode driver
   4. DCGPOFIX (Command) Restores default Group Policy objects to original state
   5. DEBUG (Command) A program testing and editing tool
   6. DEFPRINT (Command) Set default printer
   7. DEFRAG (Command) Reorganizes the files on a disk to optimize disk performance
   8. DEL (Command) Delete one or more files
   9. DELOLDOS (Command) Delete files from previous versions of DOS after a 5.0 or 6.0 installation.
   10. DELSRV (Command) Unregisters service
   11. DELTREE (Command) Delete a folder and all subfolders
   12. DEVICE (Config) Set device driver
   13. DEVICEHIGH (Config) Load device driver into upper memory
   14. DEVINFO (Config) Prepares a device to use code pages
   15. DFSCMD (Command) Command-line distributed file system management
   16. DIR (Command) Display a list of files and folders
   17. DIRUSE (Command) Display disk usage
   18. DISKCOMP (Command) Compare the contents of two floppy disks
   19. DISKCOPY (Command) Copy the contents of one floppy disk to another
   20. DISKPART (Command) Manage objects (disks, partitions, or volumes) by using scripts or direct input
   21. DISKPERF (Command) Controls the types of counters viewed by System Monitor
   22. DISPLAY.SYS (Config) Display international character sets on EGA, VGA, and LCD monitors
   23. DOS (Config) Load DOS into high memory
   24. DOSHELP (Command) Starts operating system command Help
   25. DOSKEY (Command) Edit command-line, recall commands, and create macros
   26. DOSONLY (Config) Prevents starting non-MS-DOS-based applications from the COMMAND.COM prompt
   27. DOSSHELL (Command) A graphical interface to the operating system
   28. DRIVER.SYS (Config) Phantom floppy support
   29. DRIVERQUERY (Command) List of all installed device drivers
   30. DRIVPARM (Config) Define block device
   31. DRVSPACE (Command) Enables the loading of the real-mode driver (DrvSpace.bin) into upper memory
   32. DRVSPACE.SYS (Config) Real-mode driver
   33. DSADD (Command) Adds specific types of objects to the directory
   34. DSGET (Command) Displays specific objects selected properties in the directory
   35. DSMOD (Command) Modifies specific types of objects in the directory
   36. DSMOVE (Command) Moves/renames single object within a domain/tree
   37. DSQUERY (Command) Queries Active Directory according to specified criteria
   38. DSRM (Command) Deletes an specific/general object from the directory
   39. DYNALOAD (Command) Dynamically load device drivers from the command line
5. E
   1. E editor (Command) OS/2 editor
   2. ECHO (Batch) Display message on screen
   3. ECHOCONFIG (Config) Displays messages during the processing of the MS-DOS subsystem CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT when the MS-DOS subsystem is invoked
   4. EDIT (Command) A text editor you can use to create and edit ASCII text files
   5. EDLIN (Command) A line editor to create or modify text files
   6. EGA.SYS (Config) Save/restore EGA monitor for Shell Task Swapper
   7. EMM386 (Command) Enables or disables EMM386 expanded-memory support on a computer with an 80386 or higher processor
   8. EMM386.EXE (Config) 80386+ Expanded-memory device driver
   9. ENDLOCAL (Batch) End localisation of environment changes in a batch file
   10. ERASE (Command) Delete one or more files
   11. Errorlevel, IF (Batch) Conditionally executes command if the previous program run returned an exit code
   12. EVENTCREATE (Command) Create a custom event in specified log
   13. EVENTQUERY[.vbs] (Command) Lists the events and properties from event logs
   14. EVENTTRIGGERS Displays/configures event triggers on local or remote machines
       1. EVENTTRIGGERS /CREATE (Command)
       2. EVENTTRIGGERS /DELETE (Command)
       3. EVENTTRIGGERS /QUERY (Command)
   15. EVNTCMD (Command) Displays SNMP events
   16. EXE2BIN (Command) Converts files from .EXE format to binary format
   17. Exist, IF (Batch) Conditionally executes command if filename exists
   18. EXIT (Batch) Quit the CMD shell
   19. EXPAND (Command) Uncompress files
   20. EXTRACT (Command) Uncompress CAB files
6. F
   1. FASTHELP (Command) Displays a list of all commands and gives a brief explanation of each
   2. FASTOPEN (Command) Tracks the location of files on a hard disk and stores the information in memory for fast access
   3. FC (Command) Compare two files
   4. FCBS (Config) Set control blocks
   5. FDISK (Command) Configure/partitition a hard disk for use
   6. FILES (Config) Set maximum open files
   7. FIND (Command) Search for a text string in a file
   8. FINDGRP (Command) Finds all direct and indirect group memberships for a specified user in a domain
   9. FINDSTR (Command) Search for strings in files
   10. FINGER (Command) Displays information about a user on a specified system
   11. FLATTEMP (Terminal Services Command) Enables or disables flat temporary folders
   12. FOR Conditionally perform a command several times
       1. FOR (Batch) Loop through a set of files in one folder
       2. FOR /D (Batch) Loop through several folders
       3. FOR /F (Batch) Loop through items in a text file, Loop through the output of a command
       4. FOR /L (Batch) Loop through a range of numbers
       5. FOR /R (Batch) Loop through files (recurse subfolders)
   13. FORCEDOS (Command) Starts the specified program in the MS-DOS subsystem
   14. FORFILES (Batch) Batch process multiple files
   15. FORMAT (Command) Format a disk
   16. FREEDISK (Batch) Checks available disk space
   17. FSUTIL Perform many FAT and NTFS file system related tasks, such as managing reparse points, managing sparse files, dismounting a volume, or extending a volume
       1. FSUTIL BEHAVIOR (Command)
       2. FSUTIL DIRTY (Command)
       3. FSUTIL FILE (Command)
       4. FSUTIL FSINFO (Command)
       5. FSUTIL HARDLINK (Command)
       6. FSUTIL OBJECTID (Command)
       7. FSUTIL QUOTA (Command)
       8. FSUTIL REPARSEPOINT (Command)
       9. FSUTIL SPARSE (Command)
       10. FSUTIL USN (Command)
       11. FSUTIL VOLUME (Command)
   18. FTP (Command) File Transfer Protocol
   19. FTYPE (Command) Display or modify file types used in file extension associations
7. G
   1. GDISK (Command) Ghost disk
   2. GETDC (Command) Get server name for a give domain
   3. GETMAC (Command) Returns the MAC address
   4. GETTYPE (Batch) Sets %ERRORLEVEL% to Windows value
   5. GLOBAL (Command) Display membership of global groups
   6. GOTO (Batch) Direct a batch program to jump to a labelled line
   7. GPRESULT (Command) Displays Group Policy settings and RSOP for a user/computer
   8. GPUPDATE (Command) Refreshes local and Active Directory-based Group Policy settings
   9. GRAFTABL (Command) Loads a table of character data into memory
   10. GRAPHICS (Command) Loads a program into memory that allows MS-DOS to print the information displayed on your screen
   11. GWBASIC (Command) Basic language command interpreter.
8. H
   1. HELP (Command) Starts operating system command Help
   2. HELPCTR (Command) Starts Help and Support Center
   3. HIMEM.SYS (Config) Extended memory manager
   4. HOSTNAME (Command) Prints the name of the current computer
9. I
   1. IF (Batch) Conditionally perform a command
   2. IFMEMBER (Command) Checks whether current user is a member of a specified group
   3. IISAPP[.VBS] (Command) IIS application query
   4. IISBACK[.VBS] (Command) IIS backup management
   5. IISCNFG[.VBS] (Command) IIS configuration
   6. IISEXT[.VBS] (Command) IIS Web service extension
   7. IISFTP[.VBS] (Command) IIS FTP site management
   8. IISFTPDR[.VBS] (Command) IIS FTP directory
   9. IISREPL[.VBS] (Command)
   10. IISRESET (Command) IIS restart Web services
   11. IISSYNC[.VBS] (Command)
   12. IISWEB (Command) IIS virtual directory
   13. IISVDIR (Command) IIS Web site management
   14. INCLUDE (Config) Include one config-block within another
   15. INSTALL (Config) Load TSR into memory
   16. INTERLNK (Config) (Command) Connects two computers via parallel or serial ports and enables the computers to share disks and printer ports
   17. INTERSVR (Config) (Command) Starts the Interlnk server
   18. INUSE (Command) On-the-fly replacement of files currently in use by the operating system
   19. IPCONFIG (Command) Configure IP
   20. IPSECCMD (Command) Configures Internet Protocol Security policies in a directory service or in a local/remote registry
       1. IPSECCMD DYNAMIC/STATIC (Command)
       2. IPSECCMD QUERY (Command)
   21. IPXROUTE (Command) Changes information about the IPX protocol routing tables
   22. IRFTP (Command) Sends files over an infrared link
10. J
    1. JOIN (Config) (Command) Allows access to the directory structure and files of a drive through a directory on a different drive
11. K
    1. KEYB (Config) (Command) Configures a keyboard for a specific language
    2. KILL (Command) Remove a program from memory
12. L
    1. :LABEL (Batch) Used as the target of GOTO command(s)
    2. LABEL (Command) Edit a disk label
    3. LASTDRIVE (Config) Specify last system drive
    4. LDIFDE (Command) Creates/modifies/deletes directory objects
    5. LFNFOR (Batch) Enables/Disables Long file names when processing FOR commands
    6. LH (Command) Loads a program into the upper memory area
    7. LIBPATH (Config) Specifies the directories to search for dynamic-link libraries
    8. LINK (Command) 16-bit link system libraries to object program
    9. LOADFIX (Command) Ensures that a program is loaded above the first 64K of conventional memory, and runs the program
    10. LOADHIGH (Command) Loads a program into the upper memory area
    11. LOCAL (Command) Display membership of local groups
    12. LOCK (Command) Locks a drive, enabling direct disk access for an application
    13. LODCTR (Command) Registers new Performance counter names
    14. LOGEVENT (Command) Write text to the NT event viewer
    15. LOGMAN (Command) Manages/schedules performance counter/event trace log collections
    16. LOGOFF (Terminal Services Command) Terminates a session
    17. LOGTIME (Command) Log the date and time in a file
    18. LPQ (Command) Diagnostic utility obtains status of a print queue on a LPD server computer
    19. LPR (Command) Connectivity utility to print a file to a LPD server computer
13. M
    1. MACFILE (Command) Manage File Server for Macintosh servers, volumes, directories, and files
       1. MACFILE DIRECTORY (Command)
       2. MACFILE FORKIZE (Command)
       3. MACFILE SERVER (Command)
       4. MACFILE VOLUME (Command)
    2. MAKECAB (Command) Cabinet (.CAB) archive file maker
    3. MAPISEND (Command) Send email from the command-line
    4. MD (Command) Create new folders
    5. MEM (Command) Display memory usage
    6. MEMMAKER (Command) Optimizes your computer's memory by moving device drivers and memory-resident programs to upper memory
    7. MENUCOLOR (Config) Set text and background color
    8. MENUDEFAULT (Config) Specify default menu item
    9. MENUITEM (Config) Define an item on the startup menu
    10. MIRROR (Command) Used to store information about a disk's file allocation table, boot record, and root directory
    11. MKDIR (Command) Create new folders
    12. MMC (Command) Microsoft Management Console
    13. MODE Configure a system device (Command)
        1. MODE (Command) Configure Printer
        2. MODE (Command) Configure Serial Port
        3. MODE (Command) Display Device Status
        4. MODE (Command) Redirect Printing
        5. MODE (Command) Set Device Code Pages
        6. MODE (Command) Set Display Mode
        7. MODE (Command) Set Typematic Rate
    14. MORE (Command) Display output, one screen at a time
    15. MOUSE.SYS (Config) Mouse pointer driver
    16. MOUNTVOL (Command) Manage a volume mount point
    17. MOVE (Command) Move files from one folder to another
    18. MRINFO (Command) Queries specified multicast router
    19. MSAV (Command) Scans your computer for known viruses
    20. MSBACKUP (Command) Backs up or restores one or more files from one disk onto another
    21. MSCDEX (Command) Provides access to CD-ROM drives
    22. MSD (Command) Provides detailed technical information about your computer
    23. MSG (Terminal Services Command) Send a message to a user
    24. MSIEXEC (Command) Install, modify, and perform operations on Windows Installer
    25. MSINFO32 (Command) Windows NT diagnostics
    26. MSTSC (Terminal Services Command) Creates/edits/migrates connections to terminal servers or other remote computers
    27. MUNGE (Command) Find and Replace text within file(s)
    28. MV (Command) Copy in-use files