Windows CMD Commands

Create compressed .CAB file. A .CAB Cabinet file is a Lossless Data Compression format. A single CAB file can be used to store a maximum of 65,535 files with a total size of up to 1.99...

Create logtime.txt and add the date, time and a message. The date is stored in the US mm/dd/yy format.

Log a user off. By default LOGOFF will ask for user confirmation and prompt to save unsaved data. Windows security log events Logon Event IDs 528 and 540 = successful logon Logoff Event ID...

Manage Performance Monitor & performance logs from the command line. Note: Where [-] is listed, an extra – negates the option. For example –u turns off the -u option. This page describes the Windows 7/2008 version of Logman,...

Load PerfMon performance counters (update registry values). Any arguments with spaces in the names must be enclosed within “Double Quotation” marks.

Local Group Policy Object utility. Capture a backup before you apply the new settings.

Edit a disk label. Originally designed as a reminder of which floppy disk is in the machine, disk labels can also be applied to hard drives and mapped drives. Changing the disk label requires elevated permissions....

Replace files that are currently in use by the OS, requires a reboot. Inuse is deprecated, and is not guaranteed to be supported in future releases of Windows. Source and destination must include the complete...

Find out if the current user is a member of one or more groups. The %ERRORLEVEL% return code shows how many of the listed groups the currently logged-in user is a member of. To...

Create a self extracting ZIP file archive. iexpress 2.0 must be run with elevated permissions. Running IExpress with no options will launch a GUI wizard. Some options /QA and /QU are only available in Build 306....