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Command-line reference for IT Pros

This topic provides you with information about the common administration and troubleshooting tasks and tools associated with the command line in this version of Windows. You will also find information about automating common administrative tasks through scripting.

Common tasks

Useful tools

Management Console

Downloads

Deployment

Operations

Technical reference

Common tasks

Useful tools

This section describes the Microsoft Web site downloads and tools associated with this version of Windows that relate to the command line.

Management Console

No Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins related to the command line were available when this documentation was last updated.

Downloads

For downloads associated with the command line, go to the following resources on the Microsoft Web site:

Go to the Microsoft TechNet Script Center for scripts and tools to assist with automation.

Deployment

No deployment information related to the command line was available when this documentation was last updated.

Operations

No operational information related to the command line was available when this documentation was last updated.

Technical reference

For more information about command line reference, go to the following technical references on the Microsoft Web site:

Windows XP Command Line Reference

Windows Server 2003 Command Line Reference

For more information about a specific command, go to the following technical references on the Microsoft Web site:

Adprep

Append

Arp

Assoc

At

Attrib

Auditpol

Autochk

Autoconv

Autofmt

BCDEdit

Bitsadmin

Bootcfg

Break

Cacls

Call

Cd

Certreq

Certutil

Change

Chcp

Chdir

Chkdsk

Chglogon

Chgport

Chguser

Chkntfs

Choice

Cipher

Clip

Cls

Cluster

Cmd

Cmdkey

Color

Comp

Compact

Convert

Copy

Csvde

Date

Dcdiag

Dcpromo

Defrag

Del

Dfscmd

Dir

Diskcomp

Diskcopy

Diskedit

Diskpart

DiskRAID

Dnscmd

Doskey

Driverquery

Dsacls

Dsadd

Dsamain

Dsdbutil

Dsget

Dsmgmt

Dsmod

Dsmove

Dsquery

Dsrm

Echo

Endlocal

Erase

Exit

Extract

Fc

Find

Findstr

Flattemp

For

Forfiles

Format

Freedisk

Fsutil

Ftype

Goto

Gpresult

Graftabl

Help

Icacls

If

Ktpass

Label

Ldifde

Ldp

Lpq

Lpr

Logman

Logoff

Mapadmin

Md

Mkdir

Mklink

Mode

More

Mount

Mountvol

Move

Msg

Mstsc

Netdom

Net computer

Net group

Net localgroup

Net print

Net user

Nfsadmin

Nfsshare

Nfsstat

Nis2ad

Nisadmin

Nismap

Nlb

Nltest

Nslookup

Ntbackup

Ntdsutil

Openfiles

Path

Pause

Perfmon

Popd

Print

Prncnfg.vbs

Prndrvr.vbs

Prnjobs.vbs

Prnmngr.vbs

Prnport.vbs

Prnqctl.vbs

Psadmin

Pubprn.vbs

Prompt

Pushd

Qappsrv

Qprocess

Query

Quser

Qwinsta

Rd

Recover

Redircmp

Redirusr

Relog

Rem

Ren

Rename

Rendom

Repadmin

Replace

Reset session

Rmdir

Robocopy

Runas

Rpcinfo

Rwinsta

Sc

Schtasks

Set

Setlocal

Setx

Shadow

Shift

Showmount

Shutdown

Sort

Start

Subst

Systeminfo

Takeown

Taskkill

Tasklist

Tftp

Time

Timeout

Title

Tracerpt