Basic System Commands

Advanced System Commands

Command	Description
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Esc`	Open the Task Manager
`Win`+`E`	Opens File Explorer
`Win`+`.`	Opens Emoji Panel
`Win`+`Shift`+`S`	Take a cropped Screenshot
`Win`+`H`	Opens the windows speech to text recognition
`Win`+`Ctrl`+`D`	Add a new virtual desktop
`Ctrl`+`Win`+`Right/Left Arrow`	Iterate to the next virtual desktop
`Win`+`I`	Open Settings
`Win`+`PrtScn`	Save a screenshot, as a PNG file in a Screenshots folder inside your Pictures folder

Command	Description
`Win`+`D`	Show or hide the desktop
`Win`+`left/right arrow`	Snapping a window simply opens it on one side of the screen (left or right, depending on which arrow you hit)
`Win`+`Tab`	Open the Task view
`Win`+`A`	Open Action Center Panel
`Win`+`K`	Open notification center and calendar
`Win`+`Z`	Open Snap Layout
`Win`+`S`	Search Windows
`Win`+`L`	Lock your computer
`Win`+`M`	Minimize all windows
`Win`+`Shift`+`M`	Maximize all windows
`Win`+`D`+`M`	Minimize/Maximize all windows
`Win`+`,`	Peek Desktop Quickly
`Win`+`V`	Open the Clipboard Application (to view & utilized your recent copied text & images)

Command	Description
`Alt`+`D`	Select the address bar
`Ctrl`+`E/F`	Select the search box
`Ctrl`+`N`	Open a new window
`Ctrl`+`W`	Close the current window
`Ctrl`+`mouse scroll wheel`	Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`N`	Create a new folder

Command	Description
`cd \`	Takes you to the top of the directory tree
`dir`	This displays a list of the files and folders contained in it
`DRIVE_CHARACTER:`	If you wanted to change the drive from C: to D:
`mkdir "NAME"`	Create a folder with specified name
`md "NAME"`	Create a folder with specified name
`cls"`	Clear Screen
`ren "OldName" "NewName"`	Renaming files
`copy "FileAddress" "Folder/FileAddress"`	Copy files to the new folder, or even rename the file name to something new. eg: address/newname.jpg
`xcopy /s /i OldFolderAddress NewFolderAddress`	Copy folder to new directory.The /s parameter ensures that all the directories and subdirectories are going to be copied, except the ones that are empty. The /i parameter creates a new directory if the destination folder does not exist and copies all the files in it.
`del FileAddress`	Deletes a file
`rd FolderAddress`	Deletes a Folder
`tree`	Displays the tree directory of the particular folder
`title`	Change the Title of the Command Prompt window
`prompt`	Change the prompt text of the Command Prompt window
`color`	Change the colour of the Command Prompt text
`time`	Displays Current System time
`ver`	Displays the Windows version
`cd . > [filename]`	An alternative to touch command in unix, creates a null full with specified name

Command	Description
`logoff`	Logged out of Windows
`shutdown /s`	Shutdown System
`tasklist`	Displays the list of running processes in Windows.
`taskkill /f /im [process name]`	This command lets you kill (or stop, or terminate, if you prefer) processes
`taskkill /f /pid [process ID]`	This command lets you kill (or stop, or terminate, if you prefer) processes
`chkdsk /f`	Check your drive for errors and attempt repairing them
`sfc /scannow`	While the previous command helps check errors on drives, when it comes to scanning the integrity of system files and repairing them, there’s another command you should use: sfc. Not only that it checks all essential files in the operating system, but it also replaces incorrect versions of them with the right ones.
`format [drive letter]: /fs:[file system] /q`	Format Drive, The /q argument allows you to do a quick format, but you can leave it out if you want to run a regular format. eg: format h: /fs:ntfs /q
`diskpart`	It allows you to see, manage, create, and delete partitions from your drives.
`systeminfo`	It collects and displays information about your computer hardware (like the processor, RAM, and network cards installed) and Windows installation (version, install date, hotfixes applied, etc.).

Command	Description
`ipconfig`	Show and manage the IP addresses of your computer
`ping [IP Address/URL]`	Ping is the basic network-related CMD command you should use to test whether your PC can reach a destination device through the network and/or the internet
`tracet [IP Address/URL]`	Sometimes, using ping is not enough to gather the information, the more advanced command tracert (trace route) allows you to trace the path Internet Protocol packets take to their destination
`netsh wlan show profiles`	Shows the WiFi_SSID names
`netsh wlan show profile name=WiFi_SSID key=clear`	The purpose is to help you find the password of a wireless network to which you’ve previously connected.