This is the third and final part of an alphabetical list of commands.
Included are Command Prompt commands available in Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP, as well as DOS commands available in Windows 98/95 and MS-DOS.
See List of Command Prompt Commands Part 1 to start at the beginning.
append - getmac | goto - rem | ren - xcopy
Ren
The ren command is the shorthand version of the rename command.
The ren command is available in all versions of Windows, as well as in MS-DOS.
Rename
The rename command is used to change the name of the individual file that you specify.
The rename command is available in all versions of Windows, as well as in MS-DOS.
Repair-bde
The repair-bde command is used to repair or decrypt a damaged drive that's been encrypted using BitLocker.
The repair-bde command is available in Windows 7.
Replace
The replace command is used to replace one or more files with one or more other files.
The replace command is available in all versions of Windows, as well as in MS-DOS.
Reset
The reset command, executed as reset session, is used to reset the session subsystem software and hardware to known initial values.
The reset command is available in Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
Restore
The restore command is used to restore files that were backed up using the backup command.
The restore command is only available in MS-DOS.
The backup command was only available up to MS-DOS 5.00 but the restore command was included by default with later versions of MS-DOS to provide a way to restore files that were backed up in previous versions of MS-DOS.
Rexec
The rexec command is used to run commands on remote computers running the rexec daemon.
The rexec command is available in Windows Vista and Windows XP.
The rsh command is not available by default in Windows Vista but can be enabled by turning on the Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications Windows feature from Programs and Features in Control Panel and then installing the Utilities and SDK for UNIX-based Applications available here.
The rexec command is not available in Windows 7 but can be executed in Windows XP via Windows XP Mode if need be.
Rmdir
The rmdir command is used to delete an existing or completely empty folder.
The rmdir command is available in all versions of Windows, as well as in MS-DOS.
Robocopy
The robocopy command is used to copy files and directories from one location to another. This command is also called Robust File Copy.
The robocopy command is available in Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
The robocopy command is superior to the both the copy command and the xcopy command because robocopy supports many more options.
Route
The route command is used to manipulate network routing tables.
The route command is available in all versions of Windows.
