If you're used to using the "Run" box to open apps, you can use that to launch Command Prompt with admin privileges. Press ...

Upon opening a Command Prompt, you will see a file path (e.g., "C:\Users\Chifundo"). This is called the prompt, and it shows what directory you're currently in. The blinking cursor at the end ...

In this post, we will learn how to open the Command Prompt window at the Login screen or Boot on your Windows PC. Command Prompt (cmd.exe) is the default command line interpreter for Windows. It is ...

Microsoft talked briefly about the new features in its upcoming Windows 10 operating system, but it glossed over one thing that will surely be of great interest to sysadmins and developers alike: the ...

You’d think the Command Prompt would be long-gone after 30 years of Windows’ graphical interface, but it’s not, and there’s a good reason why. Though many of its duties have been replaced by icons or ...

Buried deep within Windows’ bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows’ soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph ...

Command Prompt is one of the most valuable tools in Windows as it allows developers to test their codes, allows users to flash custom ROMs, pings their WiFi networks, changes a number of hidden ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

You can use the command prompt in Windows to run lower-level operating system commands in a text-based MS-DOS-type interface. This is useful when you need to troubleshoot and repair your system, run ...

One of the sore points of the Windows command-line environment is that the command-line windows themselves, the "console" windows, have always been a bit strange. Back in Windows XP, for example, ...

The following is a guest post by J. Peter Bruzzese, Infoworld blogger and author of Microsoft Subnet’s February book giveaway Exchange Server 2007 How-To (enter to win a free copy here or read an ...