Most of us are familiar with the Command Prompt and its basic commands. We usually execute a set of commands to complete a task or obtain some information. But this can also be done with the help of a ...

Anyone have a good way to simulate backticks in windows cmd.exe scripting? Or, anyone have a good reference on command precedence?<BR><BR>Say I want to run foo.exe, which prints out a list of fully ...

The Windows Command Prompt is a Windows shell that allows you to execute command by typing them in and pressing enter on the keyboard. Stemming from the Microsoft DOS operating system, this command ...

This runs a continuous ping to Google's DNS, showing real-time information on whether your connection is dropping packets or ...

While it is not common to need to call Windows functions within Python code, you may occasionally need to do so in order to make a program work correctly. If you need to, you can run the cmd.exe ...

Changing the permissions on files or folders for multiple users and groups can be a major administrative nuisance. Luckily, the Windows command-line tool Cacls.exe can help, especially when used in ...

We've covered how to quickly shutdown Windows from the command line or using shortcuts to shutdown.exe as a command line tool, but the Confessions of a freeware junkie weblog points out that ...