Tag: cmd

Open PowerShell or CommandPrompt from inside a Folder

Here is how you can open PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt from inside a Folder The Windows GUI may be intuitive and useful for the general user, allowing them to easily perform a task through the traditional click-and-point, window-ed graphical interface, but it also limits things for pro users, reducing the speed and efficiency with… Read more »

How-To Add or Edit System PATH Variable

Here is how you can Add or Edit the System PATH Variable in Windows Windows is primarily a GUI operating system but it wasn’t always like this. It started as a command-line interface where everything was done using text commands. However, to make it easier and more efficient, there are a ton of nifty tricks… Read more »

How-To Clear Clipboard in Windows

Here are multiple ways you can clear the Clipboard in Windows The keyboard is primarily designed to allow a user to enter input in the form of alphabets or special characters, however, it also allows a user to have and use multiple keyboard shortcuts to move around content or windows on the screen or perform… Read more »

How-To Trace Route in Windows

Here is how you can Perform a Trace Route (Tracert) in Windows Windows is one of the most advanced general-purpose operating systems designed for PCs. While Windows never really took off in smartphones or tablets, it did make its way to become the most used PC operating system, be it in workplaces or homes. Thanks… Read more »

How-To Ping an IP in Windows

Here is how you can Ping an IP Address using Windows Windows is one of the most advanced general-purpose operating systems designed for PCs. While Windows never really took off in smartphones or tablets, it did make its way to become the most used PC operating system, be it in workplaces or homes. Thanks to… Read more »

How-To Get the New Windows Terminal

Here is how you can get Microsoft’s new Windows Terminal on your PC Right Now Over the years, Microsoft has made incremental but very slight changes to the primary command-line terminal in Windows, the Command Prompt. Initially developed for Windows NT, the Command Prompt or cmd.exe has been around for a very long time and has been the favorite command-line interface… Read more »

Run .EXE files from Command Prompt

 Here is how you can run .exe files in Windows Each operating system has its own sets of rules for each area of the operating system, and one really important aspect is the file system. Each operating system manages file systems differently. Windows employs two major file systems, NTFS and FAT. Moreover, one area where… Read more »