Comments on: Getting to know Windows' system commands

If you can do without the buttons and menus, you can type commands to manage files--and Windows itself. Covered commands include renaming, deleting, and backing up.

[postanote]

You do know, that this is avaialble as a downloadble .CHM (Help File).
Fully explained.

That is not to say theother locations you point to are bad, a bit more layman friendly.

They are fine, but doing reseach on commands via that type of web page is usable but a bit of a chore, especially, when you can get an offline searchable version of the same thing.

'http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5FB255FF-72DA-4B08-A504-1B10266CF72A&displaylang=en'

[Frank Mlinar]

...and I want to know Windows system commands because?.........

[kojacked]

...It gets the Linux guys all excited.

[c|net Reader]

If you're an ordinary end user, you will rarely care. If you write batch/command files to automate tasks, then you might just need on of these commands to do what you want. The xcopy example shown, if captured in batch files, turn a non-trivial drag and drop operation into a double-click (assuming Explorer will copy hidden and system files via drag and drop). Note that Explorer will prompt you -- at least once, depending upon how you answer -- for permission to overwrite read only files. The xcopy commands take care of that once and for all.

[postanote]

No, no, no.

It's Windows Powershell, and Services For Uinx that allows us willing *NIX types excited, and rather pleased, at least a bit more. Not the regular old Windows System Commands, these are still very useful for those who need them. If you don't then it would not matter.

I can manage my *NIX environment from raw *NIX or from Windows using Services for Unix tools and really get into the core on my Windows boxes with Power Shell.

Don't whine about it, if you have not tried it. You'd be suprised.

Well, unless you decide to try and manage a Windows environment say with PERL, PYTHON, or whatever.

[c|net Reader]

In XP, use Windows-R to open the Run box, then type "cmd" to load the command interpreter.