List Of All Available Windows Command Prompt Commands

Windows CMD Commands are specific set of  instructions given to a computer application — Command Prompt — to perform some kind of task or function in your Windows PC. Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd a command line interpreter application on Windows NT family operating systems. Most of the Windows CMD Commands are used to automate tasks via scripts and batch files, perform advanced administrative functions, and troubleshoot and solve certain kinds of Windows issues.

In this article we are going to list all available Command Prompt commands in Windows to perform desired tasks which you normally do by using the GUI.

How To Access Command Prompt ?

• Before we start first we will see how to open Command Prompt program.
• Three ways you can run Command Prompt program :
• Simply by typing cmd in the Start Menu search bar.
• If you areusing Windows 8,then you can access Command Prompt via the Command Prompt shortcut located in the Start Menu or on the Apps screen.
• Or you can press CTRL+R to open the RUN utility, type cmd, and press Enter.

Note: Many commands can only be executed if Command Prompt is being run as an administrator. To open an Elevated Command Prompt — Locate the Command Prompt shortcut, then right-click on it to bring up its pop-up menu of options and from the pop-up menu, choose Run as administrator. Accept any User Account Control messages or warnings.

All Windows CMD Commands Function A  addusers  Used to add and list users in a CSV file  admodcmd  Used for bulk modifying contents in an active directory  arp  Address Resolution Protocol is used to map IP address to the hardware address  assoc  Used to change associations for file extensions  associat  One step file association  at  Run a command at a specific time  atmadm  Display connection info of the ATM adapter  attrib  Used to change file attributes B  bcdboot  Used to create and repair a system partition  bcdedit  Used to manage boot configuration data  bitsadmin  Used to manage the Background Intelligent Transfer Service  bootcfg  Used to edit boot configuration in Windows  break  Enable/Disable break capability (CTRL+C) in CMD C  cacls  Used to change permissions of files  call  Used one batch program to call another  certreq  Used to request a certificate from a certification authority  certutil  Manage Certification Authority files and services  cd  Used to change folder (directory) or go to a specific one  change  Used to change terminal services  chcp  Displays the number of active console code page  chdir  Same as cd command  chkdsk  Used to check and repair issues in the disk  chkntfs  Used to check the NTFS file system  choice  Accept user input (via keyboard) to a batch file  cipher  Used to encrypt/decrypt files and folder  cleanmgr  Used clean temp files and recycle bin automatically  clip  Copy result of any command (stdin) to Windows clipboard  cls  Clear CMD screen  cmd  Used to start a new CMD shell  cmdkey  Used to manage stored usernames and passwords  cmstp  Used to install or remove a connection manager service profile  color  Change the color of the CMD shell using options  comp  Compare contents of two files or two sets of files  compact  Compress files and folders on an NTFS partition  compress  Compress one or more files  convert  Convert a FAT partition to NTFS  copy  Copy one or more files to another location  coreinfo  Show the mapping between logical and physical processors  cprofile Cleans specified profiles of wasted space and disabled user-specific file associations  cscmd  Configure offline files on a client computer  csvde  Import or Export the data of an active directory D  date  Used to display the date or change it  defrag  Used to defragment system hard drive  del  Used to delete a file(s)  delprof  Used to delete user profile(s)  deltree  Used to delete a folder and its sub-folders  devcon  Access the command line device manager utility  dir  Used to display files and folders list  dirquota  Manage File Server Resource Manager quotas  diruse  Used to display disk usage  diskcomp  Compare contents of two floppy disks  diskcopy  Copy data of one floppy disk to another  diskpart  Make changes to partitions of storage, both internal and connected  diskshadow  Access the Disk Shadow Copy Service  diskuse  View used space in folder(s)  doskey  Used to edit command line, recall commands, and create macros  driverquery  Display a list of installed device drivers  dsacls  View and edit access control entries for objects in active directory  dsadd  Used to add objects to active directory  dsget  View objects in active directory  dsquery  Find objects in an active directory  dsmod  Used to modify objects in an active directory  dsmove  Rename or move an active directory object.  dsrm  Remove objects from an active directory  dsmgmt  Manage Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services E echo Turn command-echoing feature on/off, display a message on the screen endlocal End localization environment changes in a batch file erase Used to delete on or more file(s) eventcreate Add custom event to Windows event log (Admin rights required) eventquerry Display list of events and their properties from event logs eventtriggers Display and configure event triggers on local and remote machines exit Exit the command line (Quit current batch script) expand Uncompress one or more .CAB file(s) explorer Open Windows Explorer extract Uncompress one or more Windows cabinet file(s) F fc Used to compare two files find Used to search a specified text string in a file findstr Used to find string patterns in files finger Display information about user(s) on a specified remote computer flattemp Used to enable/disable flat temporary folders For Run a command in a loop for a file(s) for defined parameter forfiles Used for batch processing of selected file(s) format Used to format a disk freedisk Used to check free space on a disk fsutil File system utility to manage file and drive properties ftp Use FTP service to transfer files from one PC to another ftype Display/ Modify file extension type associations G getmac Used to display the MAC address of your network adapter goto Used to direct a batch program to a line identified by a label gpresult Display Group Policy Settings and Resultant Set of Policy for a user gpupdate Update local and active directory based on group policy settings graftabl Turn on the ability to display an extended character in graphics mode H help Display a list of commands and see online information for them hostname Used to display host name of the computer I icacls Used to change permissions of files and folders iexpress Used to create a self-extracting zip archive if Used for conditional processing in batch programs ifmember Display the group(s) an active user belongs to inuse Replace the files which the OS is currently using (restart required) ipconfig Display and change Windows IP configuration ipseccmd Used to configure IP Security policies ipxroute Display and modify routing table information used by IPX protocol irftp Used to send files over an infrared link (infrared functionality required) L label Used to change the name of a disk lodctr Update registry values with latest performance counters logman Used to manage performance monitor logs logoff Log a user off logtime Add the date, time, and a message to a text file lpq Displays print queue status lpr Used to send a file to a computer running the Line Printer Daemon service M macfile Manage files server for Mackintosh makecab Used to create .cab files mapisend Used to send email from command line mbsacli Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser mem Used to show memory usage md Used to create directories and sub-directories mkdir Used to create directories and sub-directories mklink Used to create symbolic link to a directory mmc Access Microsoft Management Console mode Configure COM, LPT, CON system devices more Display one screen of output at time mountvol Create, list, or delete a volume mount point move Used to move files from one folder to another moveuser Move user account to a domain or between machines msg Used to send a pop-up message to a user msiexec Install, modify, configure using Windows Installer msinfo32 Display system information mstsc Create a remote desktop connection N nbstat Display NetBIOS over TCP/IP information net Used to manage network resources and services netdom Network Domain Manager utility netsh Display or modify network configuration netstat Display active TCP/IP connections nlsinfo Used to display locale information nltest List domain controllers, force remote shutdown, etc now Display date and time nslookup Check IP address on a Name Server ntbackup Backup data to tape using CMD or batch file ntcmdprompt Runs cmd.exe instead of command.exe in an MS-DOS application ntdsutil Manage Active Directory Domain Services ntrights Used to edit user account privileges ntsd Only for system developers nvspbind Used to modify network bindings O openfiles Queries or displays open files P pagefileconfig Display and configure Virtual memory settings path Set PATH environment variable for executable files pathping Latency and Packet loss info for each node in the network path pause Used to stop processing of a batch file pbadmin Starts Phone Book Administrator pentnt Detect Floating Point Division error in the Pentium chip perfmon Access performance monitor in CMD perms Display a user\’s ACL permissions for a file ping Test network connection to a computer popd Go to the latest path/folder stored by PUSHD command portqry Display TCP and UDP port status powercfg Used to configure power settings and know battery health print Used to print a text file(s) from CMD printbrm For backup/recovery/migration of the print queue prncnfg Used to configure/rename a printing device prndrvr List/add/delete printer drivers prnjobs List/pause/resume/cancel print jobs prnmngr List/add/delete printers, display/set default printer prnport List/create/delete TCP printer ports, display/change port configuration prnqctl Clear printer queue, print a test page procdump Monitor system for CPU spikes, generate a crash report during a spike prompt Used to change the Prompt in CMD psexec Run a CMD process on a remote computer psfile Display remotely opened files, close an open file psinfo List system information about a local/remote machine pskill Kill a process(es) using its name or process ID pslist Display process status and info about active processes psloggedon See active users on machine psloglist Display event log records pspasswd Used to change account password psping Used to measure network performance psservice Display and control services on a machine psshutdown Shutdown/restart/logoff/lock a local or remote machine pssuspend Used to suspend a process on a local or remote computer pushd Change current folder and store previous folder for use by POPD Q qgrep Search file(s) for a given string pattern query process or qprocess Display information about processes R rasdial Display Remote Access Service Status rasphone Manage RAS connections rcp Copy files to a computer running remote shell service recover Recover readable data from a defective disk reg Display/add/change registry keys and values in Windows registry regedit Import/export/delete settings from a .reg text file regsvr32 Used to register/unregister a DLL file regini Used to change registry permissions relog Export performance counters to other formats like TSV, CSV, SQL rem Add comments in batch file ren Used to rename a file(s) replace Used to replace a file with another file of same name reset session Used to reset a remote desktop session rexec Run commands on remote machines running Rexec service rd Used to delete a folder(s) rmdir Used to delete a folder(s) rmtshare Manage file and printer shares local or remote servers robocopy Used to copy files and folders that have changed route Display/change the local IP routing table rsh Run commands on remote servers running RSH service rsm Manage media resources using Removable storage runas Run a program as a different user rundll32 Used to run a DLL program S sc Use Service Controller to manage Windows services schtasks Schedule command(s) to run at a specific time secedit Configure system security set Display/set/remove environment variables in CMD setlocal Control visibility of environment variables in a batch file setspn Manage Service Principal Names for an Active Directory service account setx Set Environment Variables permanently sfc System File Checker share List/edit a file share or print on any computer shellrunas Used to run a command as a different user shift Change the position of the batch parameters in a batch file shortcut Create a Windows shortcut shutdown Shutdown the computer sleep Put computer to sleep for specified number of seconds slmgr Software Licensing Management tool for activation and KMS sort Used to sort and display a redirected or piped input start Start a program, command, or batch file strings Find ANSI and UNICODE strings in binary files subinacl Display/modify ACEs for file and folder permissions subst Associate a path with a drive letter sysmon Monitor and log system activity to Windows event log systeminfo Display detailed configuration information about the computer T takeown Used to take the ownership of a file taskkill Used to terminate on or more running processes tasklist Display a list of running apps and services. tcmsetup Enable/disable TAPI client telnet Communicate with a remote machine using TELNET protocol tftp Transfer files to and from a remote machine running TFTP protocol time Display/change system time timeout Delay a batch file execution for specified seconds title Change the text on top of CMD window touch Change file timestamps tracerpt Process event trace logs and generate trace analysis report tracert Trace route to a remote host by sending ICMP request messages tree Display a folder structure in the form of a graphical tree tsdiscon Terminate a remote desktop connection tskill Terminate a running process on a RD Session Host server tssutdn Shutdown/reboot a terminal server remotely type Show contents of a text file typeperf Write performance data to a CMD window or a log file tzutil Time Zone Utility U unlodctr Remove performance counter names and explain text for a service from the registry V ver Show version number of installed OS verify Verify whether files are saved correctly on the disk vol Show disk volume label and serial number vssadmin Show shadow copy backups, installed shadow copy writers and providers W w32tm Access Windows Time Service Utility waitfor Used to synchronize events between networked computer(s) wevtutil Retrieve information about event logs and publishers where Find and display file(s) in the current directory whoami Display information about the active user windiff Compare contents of two files or sets of files winrm Windows Remote Management winrs Windows Remote Shell wmic Windows Management Instrumentation Command wuauclt Windows Update Agent to download new update files X xcalcs Change ACLs for files and folders xcopy Copy files or directory trees to another folder

That’s it! If you think we forget to add any Command Prompt commands, please notify us.