Useful Win XP Command Line command
As microsoft windows become more and more user friendly, people tend to forget how to call a specific command from a command line. here are the list of command that i always use at the Run Command. You can perform your task faster if you know the exact command 
- cmd – Command Prompt
- dxdiag – Direct X Diagnostic Tools
- ipconfig /flushdns – IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)
- control netconnections – Network and Dial up Connection
- msconfig – System Configuration Utility
- notepad – Notepad
- regedit – Registry Editor
- services.msc – Service
- shutdown – Shutdown computer
- tracert (hostname or IP) – Trace Route
- winmine – Minesweeper Game
- wupdmgr – Windows Update Launches
- write – Wordpad
Posted at September 18th, 2006 by chua
If you think this article helps you to solve your problem and clear your headache, feel free to buy me a drink :)
September 18th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
How exactly is winmine a useful command?
September 18th, 2006 at 8:51 pm
tat’s very useful for me when i feel bore after writting few hundred lines of code :p
September 18th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
u left out some
calc
explorer.exe
mspaint
shutdown -s -t (time in seconds)
shutdown -a -> to abort shutdown
useful when u wanna download something with firefox and wans to allow a timed shutdown, crude, but useful
charmap
haha and i use notepad, coz thats the only built in text editor, wordpad is not a text editor
July 4th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
winver window version
%temp% tempoart files
%systemroot% system file
mspaint microsoft paint
winword microsoft word
excel microsoft excel
firefox mozilla firefox
appwiz.cpl add or remove
calc calculater
iexplore internet explorer
ncpa.cpl network connection
February 24th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
appwiz.cpl missed abive