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Windows Vista Command Prompt Commands

A Complete List of CMD Commands Available in Windows Vista

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Cmstp

The cmstp command installs or uninstalls a Connection Manager service profile.

Color

The color command is used to change the colors of the text and background within the Command Prompt window.

Command

The command command starts a new instance of the command.com command interpreter.

The command command is not available in any 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

Comp

The comp command is used to compare the contents of two files or sets of files.

Compact

The compact command is used to show or change the compression state of files and directories on NTFS partitions.

Convert

The convert command is used to convert FAT or FAT32 formatted volumes to the NTFS format.

Copy

The copy command does simply that - it copies one or more files from one location to another.

The xcopy command is considered to be a more powerful version of the copy command and the robocopy command even more powerful than xcopy.

Cscript

The cscript command is used to execute scripts via Microsoft Script Host.

The cscript command is most popularly used to manage printers from the command line using scripts like prncnfg.vbs, prndrvr.vbs, prnmngr.vbs, and others.

Another popular script for use with the cscript command, especially in Windows Vista, is manage-bde.wsf which can be used to configure BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Date

The date command is used to show or change the current date.

Debug

The debug command starts Debug, a command line application used to test and edit programs.

The debug command is not available in any 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

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