*** The List Your Favorite DOS Commands and Windows Filename Shorcuts Thread ***

[The Pentium Guy]

Lemme start off with a few.

Winkey + R opens up RUN.

List of windows filename shortcuts:
mspaint
calc
winword
cmd <-- opens up DOS
iexplore
opera (I defined the shortcut in C:/)

List of DOS commands:
deltree /p c:/ *.* <-- Don't try this unless you want to reformat .
ipconfig
winver
telnet <-- I used this once to check POP3 email !
ping <-- you can ping a server, ex: google.com

-The Pentium Guy

 

[oboeguy]

These are "DOS" commands?

Anyow, I like "mstsc" to open the Remote Desktop client, and "charmap" to open the character map.

 

[amcdonald]

compmgmt.msc
services.msc
calc
cmd
word/notepad

That's about all i use

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
compmgmt.msc
services.msc
calc
cmd
word/notepad

That's about all i use

But yea, those aren't DOS commands

 

[rh71]

it'd have to be calc (while using windows, of course).

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Lemme start off with a few.

Winkey + R opens up RUN. These are a list of DOS commands.

mspaint
calc
winword
cmd
iexplore
opera (I defined the shortcut in C:/)

-The Pentium Guy

hate to break it to you, but none of those are dos commands. They are the filenames of the programs you are using and stored in the commonly used path parameter.

-=bmacd=-

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: bmacd

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Lemme start off with a few.

Winkey + R opens up RUN. These are a list of DOS commands.

mspaint
calc
winword
cmd
iexplore
opera (I defined the shortcut in C:/)

-The Pentium Guy

hate to break it to you, but none of those are dos commands. They are the filenames of the programs you are using and stored in the commonly used path parameter.

-=bmacd=-

someone should also tell him it's c:\ not c:/

 

[Eli]

dir/w
cd/
cd..
rmdir
deltree
tree
|more
MODE
chkdsk
attrib
call
cls
color
time
setver
edit
discopy
doskey
dosshell
prompt $T$_$P$G

umm.. wow... it's been so long.

 

[ISAslot]

netstat -a

 

[PlatinumGold]

btw, my favorite dos command was:

mem /c |more

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
btw, my favorite dos command was:

mem /c |more

DOH!

That was definitely one of mine too.. forgot about it! :Q

 

[DOSfan]

Originally posted by: Eli
dir/w
cd/
cd..
rmdir
deltree
tree
|more
MODE
chkdsk
attrib
call
cls
color
time
setver
edit
discopy
doskey
dosshell
prompt $T$_$P$G

umm.. wow... it's been so long.

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
btw, my favorite dos command was:

mem /c |more

Yep.... They are on the right track.

Defrag, and Memmaker were a couple of my favorites too.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

DAMMIT!
I'm changing the name of the thread to save myself embarrassment.

 

[Evander]

This one's really useful:
winkey + pause/break = system properties
Makes getting to device manager much quicker

as for the command line:
regedit
msconfig

 

ping
tracert
start
dir /ogn

 

[SoulAssassin]

more < filename.txt

/too lazy to open edit

edit for descript: Redirects a text file to the more command which outputs the contents of the text file one screen at a time for easy parsing. I use it for small-medium size text files that I want to quickly view.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Hmm.... can I ask some of you guys to put a brief description next to the thing? (so that when I try this stuff, I don't end up reformatting the damn drive).

 

[Ornery]

DIR with output to a file, but before I do that I ALWAYS use:

C:\>DOSKEY /INSERT

• 
  Edits command lines, recalls Windows XP commands, and creates macros.
  
  DOSKEY [/REINSTALL] [/LISTSIZE=size] [/MACROS[:ALL | :exename]]
  [/HISTORY] [/INSERT | /OVERSTRIKE] [/EXENAME=exename] [/MACROFILE=filename]
  [macroname=[text]]
  
  /REINSTALL Installs a new copy of Doskey.
  /LISTSIZE=size Sets size of command history buffer.
  /MACROS Displays all Doskey macros.
  /MACROS:ALL Displays all Doskey macros for all executables which have
  Doskey macros.
  /MACROS:exename Displays all Doskey macros for the given executable.
  /HISTORY Displays all commands stored in memory.
  /INSERT Specifies that new text you type is inserted in old text.
  /OVERSTRIKE Specifies that new text overwrites old text.
  /EXENAME=exename Specifies the executable.
  /MACROFILE=filename Specifies a file of macros to install.
  macroname Specifies a name for a macro you create.
  text Specifies commands you want to record.
  
  UP and DOWN ARROWS recall commands; ESC clears command line; F7 displays
  command history; ALT+F7 clears command history; F8 searches command
  history; F9 selects a command by number; ALT+F10 clears macro definitions.
  
  The following are some special codes in Doskey macro definitions:
  $T Command separator. Allows multiple commands in a macro.
  $1-$9 Batch parameters. Equivalent to %1-%9 in batch programs.
  $* Symbol replaced by everything following macro name on command line.

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner\My Documents\My Music\Roxy Music>dir /s /d > Roxy_mp3.txt

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Lemme start off with a few.

Winkey + R opens up RUN.

List of windows filename shortcuts:
mspaint
calc
winword
cmd <-- opens up DOS
iexplore
opera (I defined the shortcut in C:/)

List of DOS commands:
deltree /p c:/ *.* <-- Don't try this unless you want to reformat .
ipconfig
winver
telnet <-- I used this once to check POP3 email !
ping <-- you can ping a server, ex: google.com

-The Pentium Guy

Whats with all this forwardslash nonsense? (and I dont mean flags)

 

[LeetViet]

cd/
deltree c:\folder
format c:

Windows Shortcuts:
Windows + D for desktop
Windows + E to open Explorer (great for spamming your friend's computer )

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Whats with all this forwardslash nonsense? (and I dont mean flags)

Gotta learn my forward slash from my backslash.

/ for Websites
\ for Harddrives
/ for flags
right.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Whats with all this forwardslash nonsense? (and I dont mean flags)

Gotta learn my forward slash from my backslash.

/ for Websites
\ for Harddrives
/ for flags
right.

More correctly, "\" for Microsoft operating systems while referring to filesystems.

 

[Raiden256]

In Windows XP and 2000, in a DOS command window, press F7 to see a list of previous commands. Other Function keys do cool stuff too now.

 

[Linflas]

cacls was an awesome command in its time.

 

[Raiden256]

You all know about the "/AUTOTEST" switch for format.com, right?