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Technology Essentials2 Windows

This document provides a list of common Windows commands along with their descriptions and examples. It includes commands for managing files and folders like dir, cd, mkdir, rmdir, move, echo, type, del, copy, ren, attrib; commands for viewing system information like tasklist, ipconfig, netstat; commands for testing network connectivity like ping, tracert; and commands for creating symbolic and hard links like mklink. It also provides descriptions of some common Windows folders like C:\, C:\Windows, C:\Program Files, C:\Users, and C:\ProgramData.

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Technology Essentials2 Windows

This document provides a list of common Windows commands along with their descriptions and examples. It includes commands for managing files and folders like dir, cd, mkdir, rmdir, move, echo, type, del, copy, ren, attrib; commands for viewing system information like tasklist, ipconfig, netstat; commands for testing network connectivity like ping, tracert; and commands for creating symbolic and hard links like mklink. It also provides descriptions of some common Windows folders like C:\, C:\Windows, C:\Program Files, C:\Users, and C:\ProgramData.

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Command Description Example

dir List folders and files dir dir C:\Users dir /a dir /a C:\Users

cd Change directory E: | C: cd C:\Users cd .. cd Desktop

mkdir Create directory mkdir test

rmdir Remove directory rmdir test rmdir /s non-empty-test

move Move files or folders move file1.txt folder1 move a.txt b.txt move folder1 folder2

echo Print text echo “Hello World” Echo “test” > file1.txt

type View content of a file type file1.txt

del Delete file del file1.txt

copy Copy file copy a.txt b.txt copy a.txt folder1


Command Description Example

ren Rename file ren a.txt newname.txt

attrib Change attributes of files or folders attrib +h a.txt attrib -h a.txt attrib +h folder dir /a:h

tasklist List running processes tasklist

taskkill Kill running process taskkill /f /pid 1547

ipconfig Display network information ipconfig ipconfig /all

netstat Display active connections netstat netstat /ano

ping Test network connectivity ping google.com

tracert Show path to destination tracert google.com

mklink Create links mklink soft file mklink /H hard file mklink /D link dir
Folder name Folder description

C:\ Top level point that hold all the system files.

C:\Windows Contains operating system files.

C:\Program Files Contains applications files.

C:\Program Files (x86) Contains 32bit applications on 64bit operating system.

C:\Users Contains users home directories.

C:\ProgramData Contains configuration files of applications (Hidden).

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