Command-line reference A-Z

To find information about a command, on the A-Z button menu at the top of this page, click the
letter that the command starts with, and then click the command name.
In addition to the tools installed with Windows XP, there are over 40 support tools included on
the Windows XP CD. You can use these tools to diagnose and resolve computer problems. For
more information about these support tools, see Windows Support Tools. For information about
installing support tools, see Install Windows Support Tools.
For more information about changes to the functionality of MS-DOS commands, new commandline tools, command shell functionality, configuring the command prompt, and automating
commmand-line tasks, see Command-line reference.
Some command-line tools require the user to have administrator-level privileges on source
and/or target computers.
Command-line tools must be run at the prompt of the Cmd.exe command interpreter. To open
Command Prompt, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. To view help at the
command-line, at the command prompt, type the following:
CommandName /?

A
Arp
Assoc
At
Atmadm
Attrib

B
Batch files
Bootcfg

Break

C
Cacls
Call
Change
Chcp
Chdir
Chkdsk
Chkntfs
Cipher
Cls
Cmd
Cmstp
Color
Command shell overview
Comp
Compact
Convert
Copy
Cprofile
CScript overview

Date
Defrag
Del
Dir
Diskcomp
Diskcopy
DiskPart
Doskey
Driverquery

E
Echo
Endlocal
Eventcreate
Eventquery
Eventtriggers
Evntcmd
Exit
Expand

F
Fc
Filter commands
Find

Findstr
Finger
Flattemp
For
Format
Fsutil
Ftp
Ftp subcommands
Ftype

G
Getmac
Goto
Gpresult
Gpupdate
Graftabl

H
Help
Helpctr
Hostname

I
If

Ipconfig
Ipseccmd
Ipxroute
Irftp

L
Label
Lodctr
Logman
Lpq
Lpr

M
Macfile
Mkdir (md)
Mmc
Mode
More
Mountvol
Move
MS-DOS subsystem configuration commands
Msiexec
Msinfo32

N
Nbtstat
Net services overview
Net services commands
Netsh command overview
Netsh commands for AAAA
Netsh commands for DHCP
Netsh diagnostic (diag) commands
Netsh commands for Interface IP
Netsh commands for RAS
Netsh commands for Routing
Netsh commands for WINS
Netstat
Nslookup
Nslookup subcommands
Ntbackup
Ntcmdprompt
Ntsd

O
Openfiles

Pagefileconfig
Path
Pathping
Pause
Pbadmin
Pentnt
Perfmon
Ping
Popd
Print
Prncnfg
Prndrvr
Prnjobs
Prnmngr
Prnport
Prnqctl
Prompt
Pushd

Q
Query

R
Rasdial

Rcp
Recover
Redirection operators
Reg
Regsvr32
Relog
Rem
Rename
Replace
Reset session
Rexec
Rmdir
Route
Rsh
Rsm
Runas

S
Sc
Schtasks
Secedit
Set
Setlocal

Shift
Shutdown
Sort
Start
Subst
Systeminfo
System File Checker (sfc)

T
Taskkill
Tasklist
Tcmsetup
TCP/IP utilities and services
Telnet commands
Terminal Services commands
Tftp
Time
Title
Tracerpt
Tracert
Tree
Type
Typeperf

U
Unlodctr

V
Ver
Verify
Vol
Vssadmin

W
W32tm
Winnt
Winnt32
WMIC overview

X
Xcopy