Open command prompt from where it is Banned or not allowed by admin (awesome tricks)
Open up Command Prompt (Start>Run>Command.com)
Can't use command prompt at your school?
Open up Microsoft word..Type:
Command.com
Then save it as Command.bat
1. Change the color scheme of the DOS Window
c:\>color fo
2. Chant the Title of the Window to reflect the current time
Do you know that you can put your name or your blog address in the title of the command prompt window. That's like a neat watermark when you are using that screenshot for your website.
title your_name %time%
That %time% will append the current timestamp to the Window's title.
. Navigate the Command History using Keyboard
If you have a long list of commands in the history, press the function key F7 to navigate through the history list using the arrow keys.
And if you already know the command number, press F9 and directly type that number. Very useful if you have to run some command repeatedly.
You know the frustration when you type some long command only to realize that you made a typo or omitted typing some character. Either type the whole command again or a better option is the F1 key.
F1 prints characters of the previous command one by one.
Alternatively, you can press F2 to copy a certain number of characters from the previous command to the current one. Let me illustrate that with an example:
Say I want to run the command "nslookup www.google.com" but wrote " www.upendra4242.blogspot.com" in a hurry.
Instead of retyping the whole thing, I can say F2 and then say x. This will print all the characters upto "x". Then you can press F3 to complete the command or type it manually.
| Shortcut | Command | How useful(?) |
| F1 | Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one | + – |
| F2 | Displays a dialog asking user to enter the char to copy up to of the last command line | + – |
| F3 | Repeats the last command line (Similar to DOSKEY) | + – |
| F4 | Displays a dialog asking user to enter the char to delete up to of the last command line | + – |
| F5 | Goes back one command line | + – |
| F6 | Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z) (End-Of-File) | + – |
| F7 | Displays a menu with the command line history (Similar to DOSKEY) | + – |
| F8 | Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent). If first typing the beginning letters of a command, then it will cycle through the previous commands matching that prefix when pressing F8. | + – |
| F9 | Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered | + – |
| Esc | Erase command line | + – |
| Tab | Filename completion - cycles through all file names in current directory matching typed prefix | + – |
| Up arrow | Cycles previous command line entries in backwards direction | + – |
| Down arrow | Cycles previous command line entries in forwards direction | + – |
| Right arrow | Repeats letter at a time from previous command line | + – |
Dos Tricks and Shortcuts
Full Codes. Kindly Add if U know more !
| Accessibility Controls | access.cpl |
| Add Hardware Wizard | hdwwiz.cpl |
| Add/Remove Programs | appwiz.cpl |
| Administrative Tools | control admintools |
| Automatic Updates | wuaucpl.cpl |
| Bluetooth Transfer Wizard | fsquirt |
| Calculator | calc |
| Certificate Manager | certmgr.msc |
| Character Map | charmap |
| Check Disk Utility | chkdsk |
| Clipboard Viewer | clipbrd |
| Command Prompt | cmd |
| Component Services | dcomcnfg |
| Computer Management | compmgmt.msc |
| timedate.cpl | ddeshare |
| Device Manager | devmgmt.msc |
| Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* | directx.cpl |
| Direct X Troubleshooter | dxdiag |
| Disk Cleanup Utility | cleanmgr |
| Disk Defragment | dfrg.msc |
| Disk Management | diskmgmt.msc |
| Disk Partition Manager | diskpart |
| Display Properties | control desktop |
| Display Properties | desk.cpl |
| Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) | control color |
| Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility | drwtsn32 |
| Driver Verifier Utility | verifier |
| Event Viewer | eventvwr.msc |
| File Signature Verification Tool | sigverif |
| Findfast | findfast.cpl |
| Folders Properties | control folders |
| Fonts | control fonts |
| Fonts Folder | fonts |
| Free Cell Card Game | freecell |
| Game Controllers | joy.cpl |
| Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) | gpedit.msc |
| Hearts Card Game | mshearts |
| Iexpress Wizard | iexpress |
| Indexing Service | ciadv.msc |
| Internet Properties | inetcpl.cpl |
| IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) | ipconfig /all |
| IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) | ipconfig /displaydns |
| IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) | ipconfig /flushdns |
| IP Configuration (Release All Connections) | ipconfig /release |
| IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) | ipconfig /renew |
| IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) | ipconfig /registerdns |
| IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) | ipconfig /showclassid |
| IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) | ipconfig /setclassid |
| Java Control Panel (If Installed) | jpicpl32.cpl |
| Java Control Panel (If Installed) | javaws |
| Keyboard Properties | control keyboard |
| Local Security Settings | secpol.msc |
| Local Users and Groups | lusrmgr.msc |
| Logs You Out Of Windows | logoff |
| Microsoft Chat | winchat |
| Minesweeper Game | winmine |
| Mouse Properties | control mouse |
| Mouse Properties | main.cpl |
| Network Connections | control netconnections |
| Network Connections | ncpa.cpl |
| Network Setup Wizard | netsetup.cpl |
| Notepad | notepad |
| Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) | nvtuicpl.cpl |
| Object Packager | packager |
| ODBC Data Source Administrator | odbccp32.cpl |
| On Screen Keyboard | osk |
| Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) | ac3filter.cpl |
| Password Properties | password.cpl |
| Performance Monitor | perfmon.msc |
| Performance Monitor | perfmon |
| Phone and Modem Options | telephon.cpl |
| Power Configuration | powercfg.cpl |
| Printers and Faxes | control printers |
| Printers Folder | printers |
| Private Character Editor | eudcedit |
| Quicktime (If Installed) | QuickTime.cpl |
| Regional Settings | intl.cpl |
| Registry Editor | regedit |
| Registry Editor | regedit32 |
| Remote Desktop | mstsc |
| Removable Storage | ntmsmgr.msc |
| Removable Storage Operator Requests | ntmsoprq.msc |
| Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) | rsop.msc |
| Scanners and Cameras | sticpl.cpl |
| Scheduled Tasks | control schedtasks |
| Security Center | wscui.cpl |
| Services | services.msc |
| Shared Folders | fsmgmt.msc |
| Shuts Down Windows | shutdown |
| Sounds and Audio | mmsys.cpl |
| Spider Solitare Card Game | spider |
| SQL Client Configuration | cliconfg |
| System Configuration Editor | sysedit |
| System Configuration Utility | msconfig |
| System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) | sfc /scannow |
| System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) | sfc /scanonce |
| System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) | sfc /scanboot |
| System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) | sfc /revert |
| System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) | sfc /purgecache |
| System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x) | sfc /cachesize=x |
| System Properties | sysdm.cpl |
| Task Manager | taskmgr |
| Telnet Client | telnet |
| User Account Management | nusrmgr.cpl |
| Utility Manager | utilman |
| Windows Firewall | firewall.cpl |
| Windows Magnifier | magnify |
| Windows Management Infrastructure | wmimgmt.msc |
| Windows System Security Tool | syskey |
| Windows Update Launches | wupdmgr |
| Windows XP Tour Wizard | tourstart |
| Wordpad | write |
Run line commands can be very useful some times, its better to know them here are all the commands that i know u might find them usefull too Commands are same for Windows xp pro and home
