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 ...

Use the “Open in Terminal” option to launch PowerShell. Then, within the PowerShell window, use the Ctrl + Comma keyboard ...

Using Linux has changed the way I approach technology, making me a more informed and capable Windows user. Linux has taught ...

The Windows Terminal is a more powerful tool than you may think, and I tried using it for browsing the web and more.

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 ...

At the Microsoft Build conference this year, the company announced it will include a command-line text editor with Windows! This was followed up in a Windows blog post. We are introducing a ...

Command Prompt (or CMD) is Microsoft’s command-line interpreter for its Windows operating systems. It enables you to use commands for performing various operations on your computer — everything from ...

An Elevated Command Prompt is a mode on Windows that allows users to enter commands and execute the command with Administrative access. There are particular commands for example an sfc command, chkdsk ...

With Windows Terminal, the company is trying to bring all the command-line based utilities under one UWP shell. Out of the box, it includes Windows PowerShell and Windows Command Prompt – but if ...

Here we will show you the following two methods to copy files using the Command Prompt in Windows 11/10. Suppose I want to copy a file with the name My Document with the extension .docx from the ...

Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

In the beginning, all we had was the command line. Then as Windows matured, the need to access that throwback interface waned. That doesn’t mean the Command Prompt is completely useless. In fact, ...