Windows Commands

[frogspawn]

The commands that we can type into the Run box are quite powerful and very
useful. However, unless I read about one of them in this Newsgroup, I have
no idea what commands are available, or what they do. Start / Run / Browse
was a disappointment, as it led to a folder containing mundane stuff like
cookies, favorites and My Documents. Is this normal?

I found a list of about 26 XP commands at networkclue.com. Is this the total
of what is available?

PS: are these derived from DOS commands?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The commands that we can type into the Run box are quite powerful and very
useful. However, unless I read about one of them in this Newsgroup, I have
no idea what commands are available, or what they do. Start / Run / Browse
was a disappointment, as it led to a folder containing mundane stuff like
cookies, favorites and My Documents. Is this normal?

I found a list of about 26 XP commands at networkclue.com. Is this the total
of what is available?

PS: are these derived from DOS commands?

Many DOS commands have their equivalents under WinXP.
You can get a fairly comprehensive list by starting a Command
Prompt, then typing help /?

There are many others, some of them quite specialised,
and some that are not meant to be invoked as stand-alone
commands. Type the following command from a Command
Prompt, then take a deep breath:

dir /p /on %SystemRoot%\system32\*.exe

 

[Shenan Stanley]

The commands that we can type into the Run box are quite powerful and
very useful. However, unless I read about one of them in this
Newsgroup, I have no idea what commands are available, or what they
do. Start / Run / Browse was a disappointment, as it led to a folder
containing mundane stuff like cookies, favorites and My Documents. Is
this normal?

I found a list of about 26 XP commands at networkclue.com. Is this
the total of what is available?

PS: are these derived from DOS commands?

Command line tools are derived from DOS/*nix/etc.. (some are anyway - as all
the features they provide were not available in DOS.)

Start --> Run -->
c:\windows\help\ntcmds.chm
OK.

And/Or

Command-line reference A-Z
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx
( Short Link: http://snipurl.com/7x9d )

Support WebCast: New Microsoft Windows XP Command-line Tools and
Troubleshooting Utilities
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324617

When using a comman line command, you can always type " /?" after the
command and get some in-line help.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Try START/Run CMD That open a command window. Then type
help to see a list of all commands. Type a command,
space/? to see the switches for each command.


--
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| The commands that we can type into the Run box are quite
powerful and very
| useful. However, unless I read about one of them in this
Newsgroup, I have
| no idea what commands are available, or what they do.
Start / Run / Browse
| was a disappointment, as it led to a folder containing
mundane stuff like
| cookies, favorites and My Documents. Is this normal?
|
| I found a list of about 26 XP commands at networkclue.com.
Is this the total
| of what is available?
|
| PS: are these derived from DOS commands?
|
|

 

[HeyBub]

The commands that we can type into the Run box are quite powerful and
very useful. However, unless I read about one of them in this
Newsgroup, I have no idea what commands are available, or what they
do. Start / Run / Browse was a disappointment, as it led to a folder
containing mundane stuff like cookies, favorites and My Documents. Is
this normal?

I found a list of about 26 XP commands at networkclue.com. Is this
the total of what is available?

PS: are these derived from DOS commands?

"26?" Off by an order of magnitude!

At run, paste this in:

%systemroot%\hh.exe Ms-its:%systemroot%\help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

or make a new shortcut with the above as the target.

 

[James Hahn]

Any executable program, whether Windows or DOS, can be started from the Run
command. So the commands available to you include any application you have
installed on your machine. The 26 you saw are probably just the typical
DOS utilities, but without knowing what the list looks like it's impossible
to tell.

 

[frogspawn]

Very helpful advice from all of you. Thank you kindly!

 

[Stan Brown]

Try START/Run CMD That open a command window. Then type
help to see a list of all commands.

"help" displays only some of the available commands.

See Command-Line Reference A-Z in the Help and Support
(Windows+F1).