Last Updated on July 25, 2022 by Mathew Diekhake

The Command Prompt is an app in Windows Vista that allows administrators to execute commands to run different tasks. Many commands will automate tasks via scripts and batch files. But you can do a wide range of things from the command line, including creating new files and finding out information about your computer.

Alphabetical listing of commands:

  • Adprep
  • Append
  • Arp
  • Assoc
  • At
  • Atmadm
  • Attrib
  • Auditpol
  • Autochk
  • Autoconv
  • Autofmt
  • Bcdboot
  • Bcdedit
  • Bdehdcfg
  • Bitsadmin
  • Bootcfg
  • Break
  • Cacls
  • Call
  • Cd
  • Certreq
  • Certutil
  • Change
  • Chcp
  • Chdir
  • Chglogon
  • Chgport
  • Chgusr
  • Chkdsk
  • Chkntfs
  • Choice
  • Cipher
  • Clip
  • Cls
  • Cluadmin
  • Cluster
  • Cmd
  • Cmdkey
  • Cmstp
  • Color
  • Comp
  • Compact
  • Convert
  • Copy
  • Cprofile
  • Cscript
  • Csvde
  • Date
  • Dcdiag
  • Dcgpofix
  • Dcpromo
  • Defrag
  • Del
  • Dfscmd
  • Dfsrmig
  • Diantz
  • Dir
  • Dirquota
  • Diskcomp
  • Diskcopy
  • Diskedit
  • DiskPart
  • Diskperf
  • DiskRAID
  • Diskshadow
  • Dispdiag
  • Djoin
  • Dnscmd
  • Doskey
  • Driverquery
  • Dsacls
  • Dsadd
  • Dsamain
  • Dsdbutil
  • Dsget
  • Dsmgmt
  • Dsmod
  • Dsmove
  • Dsquery
  • Dsrm
  • Echo
  • Edit
  • Endlocal
  • Erase
  • Evntcmd
  • Eventcreate
  • Eventquery.vbs
  • Eventtriggers
  • Exit
  • Expand
  • Extract
  • Fc
  • Filescrn
  • Find
  • Findstr
  • Finger
  • Flattemp
  • For
  • Forfiles
  • Format
  • Freedisk
  • Fsutil
  • Ftp
  • Ftype
  • Fveupdate
  • Getmac
  • Gettype
  • Goto
  • Gpfixup
  • Gpresult
  • Gpupdate
  • Graftabl
  • Hashgen
  • Help
  • Helpctr
  • Hostname
  • Icacls
  • If
  • Inuse
  • Ipconfig
  • Ipxroute
  • Irftp
  • Ismserv
  • Jetpack
  • Klist
  • Ksetup
  • Ktmutil
  • Ktpass
  • Label
  • Ldifde
  • Ldp
  • Lodctr
  • Logman
  • Logoff
  • Lpq
  • Lpr
  • Macfile
  • Makecab
  • Manage-bde
  • mapadmin
  • Md
  • Mkdir
  • Mklink
  • Mode
  • More
  • Mount
  • Mountvol
  • Move
  • Mqbkup
  • Mqsvc
  • Mqtgsvc
  • Msdt
  • Msg
  • Msiexec
  • Msinfo32
  • Mstsc
  • Nbtstat
  • Netcfg
  • Netdiag
  • Netdom
  • Netsh
  • Netstat
  • Net computer
  • Net group
  • Net localgroup
  • Net print
  • Net session
  • Net share
  • Net use
  • Net user
  • Net view
  • Nfsadmin
  • Nfsshare
  • Nfsstat
  • Nlb
  • Nltest
  • Nslookup
  • Ntbackup
  • Ntcmdprompt
  • Ntdsutil
  • Openfiles
  • Pagefileconfig.vbs
  • Path
  • Pathping
  • Pause
  • Pbadmin
  • Pentnt
  • Perfmon
  • Ping
  • Pnpunattend
  • Pnputil
  • Popd
  • Powercfg
  • PowerShell
  • Print
  • Prncnfg.vbs
  • Prndrvr.vbs
  • Prnjobs.vbs
  • Prnmngr.vbs
  • Prnport.vbs
  • Prnqctl.vbs
  • Prompt
  • Pubprn.vbs
  • Pushd
  • Qappsrv
  • Qprocess
  • Query
  • Quser
  • Qwinsta
  • Rasdial
  • Rcp
  • Rd
  • Rdpsign
  • Reagentc
  • Recover
  • Redircmp
  • Redirusr
  • Reg
  • Regsvr32
  • Relog
  • Rem
  • Ren
  • Rename
  • Rendom
  • Repadmin
  • Repair-bde
  • Replace
  • Reset session
  • Rexec
  • Risetup
  • Rmdir
  • Robocopy
  • Route
  • Rpcinfo
  • Rpcping
  • Rsh
  • Rsm
  • Rss
  • Runas
  • Rundll32
  • Rwinsta
  • Sc
  • Schtasks
  • Serverceipoptin
  • Servermanagercmd
  • Serverweroptin
  • Set
  • Setlocal
  • Setspn
  • Setx
  • Sfc
  • Shadow
  • Shift
  • Showmount
  • Shutdown
  • Sort
  • Start
  • Storrept
  • Subst
  • Sysocmgr
  • Systeminfo
  • Sxstrace
  • Tapicfg
  • Takeown
  • Taskkill
  • Tasklist
  • Tcmsetup
  • Telnet
  • Tftp
  • Time
  • Timeout
  • Title
  • Tlntadmn
  • Tracerpt
  • Tracert
  • Tree
  • Tscon
  • Tsdiscon
  • Tsecimp
  • Tskill
  • Tsprof
  • Type
  • Typeperf
  • Tzutil
  • Uddiconfig
  • Unlodctr
  • Umount
  • Ver
  • Verifier
  • Verify
  • Vol
  • Vssadmin
  • W32tm
  • Waitfor
  • Wbadmin
  • Wdsutil
  • Wecutil
  • Wevtutil
  • Where
  • Whoami
  • Winnt
  • Winnt32
  • Winpop
  • Winrs
  • Winsat
  • Wmic
  • Xcopy

This list was published first on Microsoft Docs. Microsoft has added definitions for each of the commands as well.