Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 N (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

ACINIUP D ANSI.SY S

Modify INI files (TS only) Text attributes, cursor & keyboard manipulation Allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were in the current directory (DOS) Display or modify IPto-Physical address translation tables used by ARP Associate a file extension with a file type, or list all associations Command line scheduler List & manipulate file attributes Suppress network connection error messages at startup Backup files to floppy disks (requires RESTORE fr om the exact same DOS version)

ANSI.COM (DOS only TSR)

APPEND

DPATH

ARP

ASSOC

AT

JT, SCHTASKS

ATTRIB

AUTOFAI L

BACKUP

NTBACKUP, Several commercial image backup tools

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 N (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

BASICA

Basic interpreter for IBM PC-DOS Sets properties in boot database to control boot loading (Windows 7) Edit Windows boot settings in BOOT.INI (XP) Enable/disable extended Ctrl+C checking (16-bits) Read and set file access permissions Run a batch file from within another batch file Show or change the current directory (same as CHDIR) Write ISO images to CD (Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit tool) Request certificates from a certification authority (Windows Server 2003) Manage certificates (Windows Server 2003)

GWBASIC, QBASIC

BCDEDI T

W 7

BOOTCF G

XP

BREAK

CACLS

ICACLS (Windows 7), SECEDIT ,SUBINACL, XCACLS

CALL

CD

CDBURN

2K 3R K

Image Burn

CERTRE Q

CERTUTI L

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

CHANGE

Change TS port mappings, install mode, or enable/disable TS log on Display or set the active Code Page Show or change the current directory (same as CD) Enable/disable TS lo gon Change TS port mappings Change TS install mode Check a disk for file system errors or bad sectors Display or modify the checking of disk at boot time Prompt user for to choose option from list of choices Display or alter the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions Automate cleanup of

TS

CHCP

MODE

CHDIR

CHGLOG ON CHGPOR T CHGUSR

TS

TS

CHKDSK

CHKNTF S

CHOICE

PMChoice

CIPHER

CLEANM

XP

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

GR

temporary files, IE cache, downloaded files & recycle bin (XP) Clear the screen/window Command interpreter (32-bits) Manage stored user names and passwords (Windows Server 2003 and later) Change text and background color in console Command interpreter (16-bits) Compare files Display or modify file compression on NTFS partitions Command interpreter specification in master environment Start Control Panel or a Control Panel applet Y Y Y Y

CLS CMD.EX E

CMDKEY

2K 3

COLOR

COMMA ND.COM COMP

Y FC, I) TxtComp, WINDIFF (GU

COMPAC T

%COMS PEC%

CONTRO L

RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,Contr ol_RunDLL

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 N Y ROBOCOPY, XCOPY (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

CONVER T COPY

Convert a FAT volume to NTFS Copy files Clean profiles of wasted space (Windows Server 2003) Console mode interpreter for VBScript/JScript Import/export data from Active Directory in CSV format Redirect all input and output to a file or (serial, parallel or null) device Display & manipulate system date Debugger & assembler Locate and consolidate fragmented boot files, data files, and folders on local volumes Delete one or more files Delete an entire

N Y

N Y

Y Y

CPROFIL E

2K 3

CSCRIPT

CSVDE

2K

CTTY

DATE

DEBUG

DEFRAG

DEL DELTRE

Y Y

Y Y

Y N

Y N RD /S

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

folder including files and subfolders Command line Device Manager (free Microsoft download) Discover rogue DHCP servers Compress and add files to new or existing .CAB files(equivalent of MAKECAB) List files & directories Compare two floppy disks on a track by track basis Copy a floppy disks on a track by track basis Manipulate harddisk partitions and logical drives Edit or recall command lines, or create command line macros Allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were in the current directory

DEVCON

DHCPLO C

XP

DIANTZ

MAKECAB

DIR

DISKCO MP

DISKCO PY

DISKPA RT

2K

Acronis Disk Director

DOSKEY

DPATH

W 7

APPEND

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

(Windows 7, OS/2) DRIVER QUERY DSADD List installed drivers (Windows XP) Add objects to (active) directory Display (active) directory object properties Modify objects in (active) directory Move or rename objects in (active) directory Query (active) directory Remove object from (active) directory Write ISO images to DVD (Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit tool) Display text on screen Text editor in MSDOS 5+ (requires QBASIC) Line editor in MSDOS 4N N XP N

2K

DSGET

2K

DSMOD

2K

DSMOVE

2K

DSQUER Y DSRM

2K

2K

DVDBUR N

2K 3R K

Image Burn

ECHO

EDIT

EDLIN

EDLIN

EDIT, COPY CON, many programmers' editors

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 Y (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

ENDLOC AL

Terminate local environment Elevated Priviliges Application Launcher (free Microsoft download) Delete one or more files Write an event in one of the event logs List events and event properties Display and configure "Event Triggers" that monitor and act upon the occurrence of NT Log Events of given criteria Terminate a batch file or command prompt Expand compressed files or folders on NTFS volumes Open a folder in an Explorer window Extract compressed files

EPAL

RUNAS, CPAU, RunAs Pro

PSEXEC,

ERASE EVENTC REATE EVENTQ UERY.VB S

XP

XP

EVENTT RIGGER S

XP

EXIT

EXPAND

EXPLOR ER EXTRAC T

7-Zip,

WinRAR

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 Y (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

EXE2BIN

Convert .EXE files to binary format (DOS) Open DOS programs faster by memorizing their locations on disk (DOS) Compare files Manipulate harddisk partitions and logical drives

FASTOP EN

FC

COMP, GUI)

TxtComp, WINDIFF (

FDISK

DISKPART, Acronis Disk Director Located in the Support Tools folder on the Windows XP installation CD, download XP SP2 Support Tools

FILEVER

Display a program file's version

FIND FINDRA MD FINDST R

Search files or standard output Find the RAM drive letter Search files or standard output with advanced options Loop through a set of files or variables Force XP to start the specified program in the MS-DOS subsystem Selects and executes a command on a file

EGREP

FOR

FORFILES (W2K3)

FORCED OS

XP

FORFILE S

2K 3

FOR

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

or set of files FORMAT Format disks (intialize file system) Manage FAT and NTFS file systems (XP) File Transfer Protocol client Display or define the "Open" command for a file type Display MAC address for local or remote network adapters (XP and later) Queries the OS type, version or SP and returns it as an errorlevel (Resource Kit tool) Jump to a label or subroutine Enable display of extended character set in graphics mode Enable display of extended character set in graphics mode Basic interpreter for MS-DOS up to Y Y Y Y

FSUTIL

XP

FTP

TFTP, Fileaze

FTYPE

GETMAC

XP

MacAddr

GETTYPE

GOTO

GPRESU LT

XP

GRAFTA BL GWBASI C

BASICA, QBASIC

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

version 4 HELP Display help text for a command Display, modify, backup, or restore ACLs for files and directories (Windows 7) (Installation) script packager (XP) Test statement Configure network adapters Replace locked files on the next reboot (Resource Kit tool) Configure network adapters Command line scheduler for Windows 2000 and later (Resource Kit utility) Show or set a disk's volume label Tells the FOR command to use either "8.3" or long file names Y Y Y Y

ICACLS

W 7

CACLS, SECEDIT, SUBINACL, XCACLS

IEXPRES S IF IFCONFI G

N Y N

N Y N

XP Y N

N Y Y

INUSE

IPCONFI G

JT

2K

AT, SCHTASKS,

Fileaze

LABEL

LFNFOR

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

LH

Load TSRs in high memory (same as LOADHIGH) Load TSRs in high memory (same as LH) Grant 16-bits DOS programs direct access to a disk Command line Performance Monitor management tool Logoff/terminate Windows TS sessions or (local) OS/2 Compress and add files to new or existing .CAB files (equivalent of DIANTZ) Create a new (sub)directory (same as MKDIR) Check memory usage (MS-DOS and 16-bits sessions only) Create a new (sub)directory (same as MD) Create a symbolic

LOADHI GH

LOCK

LOGMAN

W 2K 8

LOGOFF

TS

MAKECA B

DIANTZ

MD

MEM

MKDIR

MKLINK

JUNCTION

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

link MODE Configures system devices Displays output one screen at a time Create, delete or list volume mount points (XP) Move or rename files or folders Query for basic system configuration information (MSDOS 6 & 7) Send a popup message to TS users/sessions Install, modify, and perform operations on Windows Installer from the command line Query for basic system configuration information (Windows 2000+) Display protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT Y Y

7 Y Y

MORE

MOUNTV OL

XP

MOVE

MSD

several (commercial) system inventory tools

MSG

TS

MSIEXE C

MSINFO 32

2K

SYSTEMINFO, WINMSD, sever al (commercial) system inventory tools

NBTSTA T

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 Y (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

NET

Command line NetBIOS tool Manage domains and trust relationships (join computers to a domain, rename computers, and more) Command line network configuration tool for Windows XP and later Command line NetBIOS tool Command line Netlogon management tool Text editor (GUI editing, command line & GUI printing) Diagnose DNS infrast ructure Backup files to any Windows supported media Windows Optional Component Setup (Windows 7) MDAC ODBC configuration tool

NETDOM

XP

NETSH

XP

NETSTA T

NLTEST

XP

NOTEPA D NSLOOK UP NTBACK UP

Many programmers' editors

(PING -a for finding host names) Several commercial image backup tools

OCSETU P ODBCCO NF

Vi st a Y

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 N (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

OPENFIL ES

List or disconnect open files and folders Display or change the program search path Extended PING utility Wait until a key is pressed Detects floating point division error (if present) in the Pentium chip, disables floating point hardware, and turns on floating point emulation Check the TCP/IP connection to a remote IP address IPv6 version of PING Command line package manager Move back to the last directory that was "pushed" on the stack by PUSHD Configure power management (Windows Server

PATH

PATHPIN G PAUSE

2K

TRACERT

PENTNT

PING

PING6

Y Vi st a

PKGMGR

POPD

POWERC FG

2K 3

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

2003) PRINT Print a text file Shorthand command for RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,Print UIEntry (Windows 7 ) Configure or display printer configuration information Add, delete, or list printer drivers Pause, resume, cancel, or list print jobs Add, delete, or lists printers or printer connections; set or display default printer Create, delete, or lists standard TCP/IP printer ports; display or change port configuration Print a test page; pause or resume a printer; clear a printer queue Configure the DOS prompt string Y Y Y Y

PRINTUI .EXE

W 7

PRNCFG. VBS PRNDRV R.VBS PRNJOB S.VBS

2K

2K

2K

PRNMNG R.VBS

2K

PRNPOR T.VBS

2K

PRNQCT L.VBS

2K

PROMPT

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 N (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

PUBPRN. VBS

Publish a printer in Active Directory Move to a new directory, "pushing" the current directory on the stack Query available TS applicati on servers Basic interpreter for MS-DOS 5+ Install multiple hotfixes with only a single reboot Query local TS farm Query TS servers for running processes Query available ICAenabled TS servers Query TS resources Query logged on TS users Query TS sessions Use existing RAS/DUN connections

2K

PUSHD

QAPPSR V

TS

QBASIC

BASICA, GWBASIC

QCHAIN

QFARM QPROCE SS QSERVE R QUERY QUSER QWINST A

N N

N N

TS TS

N N

N N N

N N N

TS TS TS

N N N

TS

RASDIAL

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 N (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

RASPHO NE

Manage RAS/DUN connections Remove a (sub)directory (same as RMDIR) Read a single line from standard output Recover readable information from a bad or defective disk (may sometimes destroy other files in the process) Read and write the registry (W2K and later) Read and write the registry (GUI as well as command line) Read and write the registry (includes setting access permissions) Read and write the registry, including permissions (NT4 Resource Kit, native in XP) Register .DLL & .OCX files as command components in the registry

RD

READLI NE

RECOVE R

STRINGS, Several commercial undelete & file recovery tools

REG

2K

REGEDI T

REGEDT 32

REG, REGEDIT, SECEDIT

REGINI

SUBINACL, SECEDIT

REGSVR 32

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Y Wi n9 x Y O S / 2 Y (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

REM

Insert comment line Rename a file or folder (same as RENAME) Rename a file or folder (same as REN) Copy only files that already exist in the target directory, or copy only files that don't exist yet Reset TS session subsystem defaults Restore files backed up with BACKUP (from the exact same DOS version) Remove a (sub)directory (same as RD) Copy directories, optionally including subdirectory trees and/or permissions, and optionally deleting removed files in the target directory (Resource Kit utility, native inWindows 7) Display and modify

REN

Bulk Rename Command, Bulk Rename (GUI)

RENAME

REPLACE

XCOPY /U

RESET SESSIO N

TS

RESTOR E

NTBACKUP, Several commercial image backup tools

RMDIR

ROBOCO PY

ROUTE

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

the entries in the local IP routing table Run a command with different credentials (will always prompt for a password; useCPAU if you need to make this unattended) Command line wrapper for 16-bit DLL routines Command line wrapper for 32-bit DLL routines Command line services managment (XP) Command line task scheduler (XP) Configure and analyze system security by comparing your current configuration to a template (Windows 2000+) Manipulate environment variables Start local environment

RUNAS

2K

CPAU, EPAL, RunAs Pro

PSEXEC,

RUNDLL

RUNDLL 32

SC

2K

SERVICES.MSC (GUI), SUBINACL

SCHTAS KS

XP

AT, JT

SECEDIT

2K

CACLS, ICACLS (Windows 7), REGINI,SUBINACL, XCACLS

SET

SETLOC AL

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 N (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

SHADO W

Monitor or take over a TS session Primary command interpreter specification in CONFIG.SYS Parse command line variables in batch files Shutdown a computer (Resource Kit utility for NT 4 and 2000, native in XP and later) Read a file or standard input and return it sorted alphabetically Run a command in a separate process, or run a file with its default associated application Display/modify ACEs for file and folder permissions, ownership and domain (Resource Kit utility) Associate or disassociate a drive alias with a path Query for basic

TS

SHELL

SHIFT

SHUTDO WN

TSSHUTDN,

PSSHUTDOWN

SORT

START

SUBINA CL

CACLS, ICACLS (Windows 7), REGINI,SC, SECEDIT, XCACLS

SUBST

SYSTEMI

XP

WINMSD, several

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

NFO

system configuration information Kill an active process (XP) List active processes (XP) Display & manipulate system time Set the window title for the command prompt window Analyze the response times on the route to a remote IP address IPv6 version of TRACERT Analyze the response times on the route to a remote IP address (OS/2) "Graphically" display the folder structure of a drive or path Display the real fully qualified path Attach a TS user session to a terminal session Disconnect N N XP N

(commercial) system inventory tools PSKILL

TASKKIL L TASKLIS T TIME

XP

PSLIST

TITLE

TRACER T TRACER T6

TRACER TE

TREE

TRUENA ME

TSCON

TS

TSDISC

TS

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

ON TSKILL

a TS terminal session Terminate a process in a TS session Copy/update TS user configuration information Shut down or reboot a TS server Display text file content in console Configure/edit time zones Revoke 16-bits direct disk access granted by the LOCK command Display the OS version Enable/disable verification of disk write operations Mount and access VHD files as virtual disk drives (part of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1) Display a disk's volume label Query for basic N N TS N PSKILL

TSPROF

TS

TSSHUT DN TYPE TZCHAN GE

TS

PSSHUTDOWN

XP

UNLOCK

VER

VERIFY

VHDMO UNT

2K

VOL WINMSD

Y N

Y N

Y Y

Y N MSINFO32, SYSTEMINFO, seve

Available in Comma nd Function D O S Wi n9 x O S / 2 (3rd Party) Replacement

N T

system configuration information (for Windows NT 4; in Windows 2000 WINMSD was replaced by MSINFO32) WINMSD P Command line helper tool for WINMSD Query & manipulate objects in WMI (XP Pro and later) GUI mode interpreter for VBScript/JScript Start Windows Update in Internet Explorer Read and set file access permissions (improved CACLS fro m the Resource Kits) Copy files & directories with advanced options N N Y N

ral (commercial) system inventory tools

WMIC

XP

WSCRIP T

WUPDM GR

2K

XCACLS

CACLS, ICACLS (Windows 7), SECEDIT, SUBINACL

XCOPY

ROBOCOPY,

XXCOPY