A Command Prompt allows you to run programs, manipulate Windows settings, and access files by typing in commands that you wish to execute. To start a Command Prompt you simply need to type cmd.exe in ...

The Windows Command Prompt is a Windows shell that allows you to execute command by typing them in and pressing enter on the keyboard. Stemming from the Microsoft DOS operating system, this command ...

This is very odd, have a new Win 7 laptop and when I go to launch cmd I will normally use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER and then I get a UAC prompt to launch as admin. Well on this laptop it won't work. Works on ...

Last month there were several articles about the news that Microsoft was making PowerShell the default command line in Windows 10, and also claiming that this would be the end of the venerable cmd.exe ...

The program is a very small (9 KBs) executable file and has no GUI. It is super simple to use. All you need to do is download it and copy it to the folder where you want to start a CMD window with ...

Like the subject says. I have <BR><BR>HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar and <BR><BR>HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\PathCompletionChar ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...