Ancient Command Prompt Commands

Ancient Command Prompt Commands

• ANSI.SYS Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
• APPEND Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
• ARP Displays, adds and removes arp information from network devices.
• ASSIGN Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
• ASSOC View the file associations.
• AT Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
• ATMADM Lists connections and addresses are seen by Windows ATM call manager.
• ATTRIB Display and change file attributes.
• BATCH Recovery console command executes a series of commands in a file.
• BOOTCFG Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
• BREAK Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
• CACLS View and modify file ACLs.
• CALL Calls a batch file from another batch file.
• CD Changes directories.
• CHCP Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
• CHDIR Changes directories.
• CHKDSK Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
• CHKNTFS Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
• CHOICE Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
• CLS Clears the screen.
• CMD Opens the command interpreter.
• COLOR Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
• COMP Compares files.
• COMPACT Compresses and uncompress files.
• CONTROL Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
• CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.
• COPY Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
• CTTY Change the computer’s input/output devices.
• DATE View or change the system’s date.
• DEBUG Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
• DEFRAG Re-arranged the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
• DEL Deletes one or more files.
• DELETE Recovery console command that deletes a file.
• DELTREE Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
• DIR List the contents of one or more directories.
• DISABLE Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
• DISKCOMP Compare a disk with another disk.
• DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
• DOSKEY Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
• DOSSHELL A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
• DRIVPARM Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
• ECHO Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
• EDIT View and edit files.
• EDLIN View and edit files.
• EMM386 Load extended Memory Manager.
• ENABLE Recovery console command to enable a disabled service or driver.
• ENDLOCAL Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
• ERASE Erase files from the computer.
• EXIT Exit from the command interpreter.
• EXPAND Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to its original format.
• EXTRACT Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
• FASTHELP Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
• FC Compare files.
• FDISK Utility is used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
• FIND Search for text within a file.
• FINDSTR Searches for a string of text within a file.
• FIXBOOT Writes a new boot sector.
• FIXMBR Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
• FOR Boolean used in batch files.
• FORMAT Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
• FTP Command to connect and operate on an FTP server.
• FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
• GOTO Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
• GRAFTABL Show extended characters in graphics mode.
• HELP Display a listing of commands and a brief explanations.
• IF Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
• IFSHLP.SYS 32-bit file manager.
• IPCONFIG Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
• KEYB Change layout of the keyboard.
• LABEL Change the label of a disk drive.
• LH Load a device driver into high memory.
• LISTSVC Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
• LOADFIX Load a program above the first 64k.
• LOADHIGH Load a device driver into high memory.
• LOCK Lock the hard disk drive.
• LOGON Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
• MAP Displays the device name of a drive.
• MD Command to create a new directory.
• MEM Display memory on the system.
• MKDIR Command to create a new directory.
• MODE Modify the port or display settings.
• MORE Display one page at a time.
• MOVE Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
• MSAV Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
• MSD Diagnostics utility.
• MSCDEX Utility is used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
• NBTSTAT Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
• NET Update, fix or view the network or network settings
• NETSH Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
• NETSTAT Displays the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
• NLSFUNC Load country-specific information.
• NSLOOKUP Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
• PATH View and modify the computer’s path location.
• PATHPING View and locate locations of network latency.
• PAUSE Command is used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
• PING Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
• POPD Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
• POWER Conserve power with computer portables.
• PRINT Prints data to a printer port.
• PROMPT View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
• PUSHD Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
• QBASIC Open the QBasic.
• RD Removes an empty directory.
• REN Renames a file or directory.
• RENAME Renames a file or directory.
• RMDIR Removes an empty directory.
• ROUTE View and configure windows network route tables.
• RUNAS Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
• SCANDISK Run the Scandisk utility.
• SCANREG Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
• SET Change one variable or string to another.
• SETLOCAL Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
• SETVER Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
• SHARE Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
• SHIFT Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
• SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
• SMARTDRV Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
• SORT Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
• START Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
• SUBST Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
• SWITCHES Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
• SYS Transfer system files to the disk drive.
• TELNET Telnet to another computer/device from the prompt.
• TIME View or modify the system time.
• TITLE Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
• TRACERT Visually view a network packets route across a network.
• TREE View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
• TYPE Display the contents of a file.
• UNDELETE Undelete a file that has been deleted.
• UNFORMAT Unformat a hard disk drive.
• UNLOCK Unlock a disk drive.
• VER Display the version information.
• VERIFY Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
• VOL Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
• XCOPY Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
• TRUENAME When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists.
• TASKKILL It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications.