Windows Command List
List and Usage
- arp
TCP/IP Arp Command - assoc
- at
Schedule service command line interface - attrib
Attribute Utility - auditpol
Audit Policy Program - bcdboot
Bcdboot utility - bcdedit
Boot Configuration Data Editor - bdehdcfg
BitLocker Drive Encryption: Drive Preparation Tool - bitlockerwizard
BitLocker Drive Encryption Wizard - bitsadmin
BITS administration utility - bootcfg
BootCfg - Lists or changes the boot settings. - bootsect
Boot Sector Manipulation Tool - break
Nothing. - cacls
Control ACLs Program - call
Calls one batch program from another. - cd
Displays the name of or changes the current directory. - certreq
CertReq.exe - certutil
CertUtil.exe - change
Remote Desktop Services Change Utility - chcp
Displays or sets the active code page number. - chdir
Displays the name of or changes the current directory. - checknetisolation
AppContainer Network Isolation Diagnostic Tool - chglogon
Change Logon Utility - chgport
Change port Utility - chgusr
Change INI File Mapping Utility - chkdsk
Check Disk Utility - chkntfs
NTFS Volume Maintenance Utility - choice
Offers the user a choice - cidiag
CodeIntegrity Diagnostic Tool - cipher
File Encryption Utility - cleanmgr
Disk Space Cleanup Manager for Windows - clip
Clip - copies the data into clipboard - clipup
Client License Platform migration tool - cls
- cmd
Windows Command Processor - cmdkey
Credential Manager Command Line Utility - cmstp
Microsoft Connection Manager Profile Installer - color
- comp
File Compare Utility - compact
File Compress Utility - convert
File System Conversion Utility - convertvhd
VHD Conversion Tool - copy
- cscript
Microsoft r Console Based Script Host - curl
The curl executable - date
- defrag
Disk Defragmenter Module - del
- dir
- diskperf
Disk Performance Configuration Utility - disksnapshot
DiskSnapshot.exe - dism
Dism Image Servicing Utility - dispdiag
Display Diagnostics - djoin
Unattended Setup Generic Command For Domain Join - doskey
Keyboard History Utility - driverquery
Queries the drivers on a system - dsregcmd
DSREG commandline tool - dxdiag
Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic Tool - echo
- endlocal
- erase
- eventcreate
Event Create - Creates a custom event in an event log - exit
- expand
LZ Expansion Utility - extrac32
Microsoftr CAB File Extract Utility - fc
DOS 5 File Compare Utility - find
Find String (grep) Utility - findstr
Find String (QGREP) Utility - finger
TCPIP Finger Command - fltmc
Filter Manager Control Program - fondue
Windows Features on Demand UX - for
- forfiles
ForFiles - Executes a command on selected files - format
Disk Format Utility - fsutil
fsutil.exe - ftp
File Transfer Program - ftype
- getmac
Displays NIC MAC information - goto
- gpresult
Query Group Policy RSOP Data - gpupdate
Microsoftr Group Policy Update Utility - graftabl
- help
Command Line Help Utility - hostname
Hostname APP - icacls
- iexpress
Wizard - if
- iotstartup
IotStartup - ipconfig
IP Configuration Utility - klist
Tool for managing the Kerberos ticket cache - ksetup
Kerberos Setup tool - ktmutil
Kernel Transaction Management Utility - label
Disk Label Utility - licensingdiag
Licensing Diagnostic Tool - lodctr
Load PerfMon Counters - logman
Performance Log Utility - logoff
Session Logoff Utility - lpksetup
Language Pack Installer - makecab
Microsoftr Cabinet Maker - manage-bde
BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool - mbr2gpt
- md
- mdmdiagnosticstool
MdmDiagnosticsTool - mkdir
- mklink
- mode
DOS Device MODE Utility - mofcomp
The Managed Object Format (MOF) Compiler - more
More Utility - mountvol
Mount Volume Utility - move
- mrinfo
Multicast Information - mrt
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - msg
Message Utility - msiexec
Windowsr installer - mstsc
Remote Desktop Connection - nbtstat
TCP/IP NetBios Information - ndkping
RDMA Ping Cmd - net
Net Command - net1
Net Command - netcfg
WinPE network installer - netsh
Network Command Shell - netstat
TCP/IP Netstat Command - nltest
Microsoftr Logon Server Test Utility - nslookup
nslookup - odbcconf
ODBC Driver Configuration Program - openfiles
Displays the current open files list - packageinspector
PackageInspector allows creation of a catalog containing all executable files laid down by an installer - path
- pathping
TCP/IP PathPing Command - pause
- ping
TCP/IP Ping Command - pktmon
Packet Monitor - pnpunattend
PnP unattend action - pnputil
Microsoft PnP Utility - Tool to add, delete, export, and enumerate driver packages. - popd
- powercfg
Power Settings Command-Line Tool - powershell
Windows PowerShell - powershell_ise
Windows PowerShell ISE - print
Print Utility - prompt
- pushd
- pwlauncher
Windows To Go Startup Options Command Line Tool - qappsrv
Query Remote Desktop Session Host Server Utility - qprocess
Query Process Utility - query
MultiUser Query Utility - quser
Query User Utility - qwinsta
Query Session Utility - rasautou
Remote Access Dialer - rasdial
Remote Access Command Line Dial UI - rasphone
Remote Access Phonebook - rd
- rdpsign
Remote Desktop Session Host Server Sign Tool - reagentc
Microsoft Windows Recovery Agent - recover
Recover Files Utility - refsutil
refsutil.exe - reg
Registry Console Tool - regini
Registry Initializer - register-cimprovider
WMI - regsvr32
Microsoft(C) Register Server - relog
Performance Relogging Utility - rem
- ren
- rename
- repair-bde
BitLocker Drive Encryption: Repair Tool - replace
Replace File Utility - reset
Remote Desktop Services Reset Utility - rmclient
Restart Manager LUA Restart Client - rmdir
- robocopy
Microsoft Robocopy - route
TCP/IP Route Command - rpcping
RPC Ping Utility - rwinsta
Reset Session Utility - sc
Service Control Manager Configuration Tool - schtasks
Task Scheduler Configuration Tool - scp
- scrcons
WMI Standard Event Consumer - scripting - scriptrunner
- secedit
Windows Security Configuration Editor Command Tool - securityhealthservice
Windows Security Health Service - set
- setlocal
- setspn
Query or reset the computer’s SPN attribute - setx
Setx - Sets environment variables - sfc
System Integrity Check and Repair - sftp
- shift
- shutdown
Windows Shutdown and Annotation Tool - sort
Sort Utility - spectrum
Windows Perception Service - ssh-add
- ssh-agent
- ssh-keygen
- ssh-keyscan
- ssh
- start
- stordiag
- subst
Subst Utility - sxstrace
Sxs Tracing Tool - systeminfo
Displays system information - takeown
Takes ownership of a file - tar
bsdtar archive tool - taskkill
Terminates Processes - tasklist
Lists the current running tasks - time
- timeout
timeout - pauses command processing - title
- tpmtool
- tpmvscmgr
TPM Virtual Smartcard Setup Utility - tracerpt
Event Trace Report Tool - tracert
TCP/IP Traceroute Command - tree
Tree Walk Utility - tscon
Session Connection Utility - tsdiscon
Session Disconnection Utility - tskill
Remote Desktop Services End Process Utility - tttracer
Time Travel Debugging Tracer Tool - type
- typeperf
Command line performance monitor - tzutil
Windows Time Zone Utility - unlodctr
Unload PerfMon Counters - upprinterinstaller
UPPrinterInstaller - vaultcmd
Vault cmdline Program - ver
- verifier
Verifier Configuration Editor - verify
- vol
- vssadmin
Command Line Interface for Microsoftr Volume Shadow Copy Service - w32tm
Windows Time Service Diagnostic Tool - waitfor
waitfor - wait/send a signal over a network - wbadmin
Command Line Interface for Microsoftr BLB Backup - wecutil
Event Collector Command Line Utility - wevtutil
Eventing Command Line Utility - where
Where - Lists location of files - whoami
whoami - displays logged on user information - winmgmt
WMI Service Control Utility - winrs
winrs - wmic
WMI Commandline Utility - wpr
Microsoft Windows Performance Recorder - wscript
Microsoft r Windows Based Script Host - wsl
Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux Launcher - xcopy
Extended Copy Utility - xwizard
Extensible Wizards Host Process