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
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