Command-line reference A-Z

A B C D E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T U V W X

To find information about a command, on the A-Z button menu at the top of this page, click the letter that the command starts with, and then click the command name.

In addition to the tools installed with Windows XP, there are over 40 support tools included on the Windows XP CD. You can use these tools to diagnose and resolve computer problems. For more information about these support tools, see Windows Support Tools For information about installing support tools, see Install Windows Support Tools

For more information about changes to the functionality of MS-DOS commands, new command-line tools, command shell functionality, configuring the command prompt, and automating commmand-line tasks, see Command-line reference

Some command-line tools require the user to have administrator-level privileges on source and/or target computers.

Command-line tools must be run at the prompt of the Cmd.exe command interpreter. To open Command Prompt, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. To view help at the command-line, at the command prompt, type the following:

CommandName*  **/?*

A

Arp

Assoc

At

Atmadm

Attrib

B

Batch files

Bootcfg

Break

C

Cacls

Call

Change

Chcp

Chdir

Chkdsk

Chkntfs

Cipher

Cls

Cmd

Cmstp

Color

Command shell overview

Comp

Compact

Convert

Copy

Cprofile

CScript overview

D

Date

Defrag

Del

Dir

Diskcomp

Diskcopy

DiskPart

Doskey

Driverquery

E

Echo

Endlocal

Eventcreate

Eventquery

Eventtriggers

Evntcmd

Exit

Expand

F

Fc

Filter commands

Find

Findstr

Finger

Flattemp

For

Format

Fsutil

Ftp

Ftp subcommands

Ftype

G

Getmac

Goto

Gpresult

Gpupdate

Graftabl

H

Help

Helpctr

Hostname

I

If

Ipconfig

Ipseccmd

Ipxroute

Irftp

L

Label

Lodctr

Logman

Lpq

Lpr

M

Macfile

Mkdir (md)

Mmc

Mode

More

Mountvol

Move

MS-DOS subsystem configuration commands

Msiexec

Msinfo32

N

Nbtstat

Net services overview

Net services commands

Netsh command overview

Netsh commands for AAAA

Netsh commands for DHCP

Netsh diagnostic (diag) commands

Netsh commands for Interface IP

Netsh commands for RAS

Netsh commands for Routing

Netsh commands for WINS

Netstat

Nslookup

Nslookup subcommands

Ntbackup

Ntcmdprompt

Ntsd

O

Openfiles

P

Pagefileconfig

Path

Pathping

Pause

Pbadmin

Pentnt

Perfmon

Ping

Popd

Print

Prncnfg

Prndrvr

Prnjobs

Prnmngr

Prnport

Prnqctl

Prompt

Pushd

Q

Query

R

Rasdial

Rcp

Recover

Redirection operators

Reg

Regsvr32

Relog

Rem

Rename

Replace

Reset session

Rexec

Rmdir

Route

Rsh

Rsm

Runas

S

Sc

Schtasks

Secedit

Set

Setlocal

Shift

Shutdown

Sort

Start

Subst

Systeminfo

System File Checker (sfc)

T

Taskkill

Tasklist

Tcmsetup

TCP/IP utilities and services

Telnet commands

Terminal Services commands

Tftp

Time

Title

Tracerpt

Tracert

Tree

Type

Typeperf

U

Unlodctr

V

Ver

Verify

Vol

Vssadmin

W

W32tm

Winnt

Winnt32

WMIC overview

X

Xcopy