Lifehacker reader Paladin writes in with some smart command line-fu for running quick commands using command line switches: Whenever I want to do a quick "ping google.com" to see whether my network ...

This is very odd, have a new Win 7 laptop and when I go to launch cmd I will normally use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER and then I get a UAC prompt to launch as admin. Well on this laptop it won't work. Works on ...

Microsoft is continuing to clear out old code from Windows, making PowerShell the default command line shell in its latest Windows 10 release. PowerShell will start up via the file explorer in the ...

PowerShell is officially replacing the CMD.EXE command prompt as the default command shell in Windows as of the next upcoming big Redstone 2 aka Creator’s Build update, as confirmed by Dona Sarkar, ...

Port forwarding is a network operation that directs traffic to a specific network host, such as a computer or server. If your business doesn't have a port forwarding utility, you can use the Command ...

Like the subject says. I have <BR><BR>HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar and <BR><BR>HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\PathCompletionChar ...

You can prevent or stop Command Prompt from closing immediately after opening or executing a batch file in Windows 11/10 in the following three ways: By using the Pause command. By using the cmd /k ...

On Windows 10, you can use the DISM command tool to repair the local image, which you can use with the System File Checker ...