Under Windows, the CLIP command allows you to copy the results returned by a command in the DOS command prompt. This trick can be useful if you need to paste the results of the IPCONFIG command, for ...

Buried deep within Windows’ bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows’ soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph ...

Moving files around by dragging and dropping in Windows Explorer is a simple task. Many long-time Windows users may never open a DOS command-line window and may not be familiar with commands that were ...

Explore 280+ CMD commands with detailed descriptions across Windows versions, from Windows XP to 11 The Command Prompt in ...

The Config.sys is the main configuration file used by OS/2, MS-DOS and other operating systems. Config.sys commands loads programs into the memory and sets ups the memory management of the system. The ...

vDos is one of the DOS emulators for Windows that lets you run DOS programs on your Windows device. You can download it from softpedia.com for free. After downloading ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...