I have Vista, and it seems that when I have been assisted by various tech support people they have me use Start/CMD and type various things in there. It looks like it would be beneficial to learn the CMS commands. Is there a reference any of you can recommend? It is a lot like the old DOS.
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strollin
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This should give you a good start: http://commandwindows.com/vista-commands.htm
Alternatively when you want to try a command you can type /? after the command and it will tell you what options are available to that command.
bratsos
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CMD is in reality, all actions beside a mouse click.
When you open a notepad, in reality is something like that:
%...%notepad.exe memos.txt ...
You can start using the CMD for speed up common apps.
Eg: When you open the paint of windows or the notepad, you can do the same, in cmd prompt.
Notepad or mspaint + enter key
In windows the only usefull cmd is ipconfig or ping or (regedit -use wrong it, cause system loss).
For others commands is better to learn it carefully, because any mistake, maybe cause a loss of data or blue screen.
When you open a notepad, in reality is something like that:
%...%notepad.exe memos.txt ...
You can start using the CMD for speed up common apps.
Eg: When you open the paint of windows or the notepad, you can do the same, in cmd prompt.
Notepad or mspaint + enter key
In windows the only usefull cmd is ipconfig or ping or (regedit -use wrong it, cause system loss).
For others commands is better to learn it carefully, because any mistake, maybe cause a loss of data or blue screen.
strollin
Well-Known Member
Only problem with that is you need to know the command exists before you can query its options. The link I provided will let you know what commands exist, the /? after the command is most useful when trying to use a command you've used before but can't remember it's usage.
Just typing in "help" also provides a list of commands.