Windows Facts
- Max Path Length
- Windows API MAX_PATH: 260 chars
Windows Explorer Commands
- Create new folder
- Ctrl+Shift+N
Task Manager Commands
- Start another Task Manager instance
- Ctrl-Shift-Esc
- Restart Task Manager
- Ctrl-Alt-Shift
- Start Task Manager without help from Windows Shell
- Ctrl-Shift-Esc
CLI Commands
Windows
- Update policies
- gpupdate /force
- Last boot time
- net stats workstation | find "since"
- Display password expiry date for Domain user account
- net user "Name" /domain | find /i "Password expires"
- Display the device that last woke the PC
- powercfg -lastwake
- Generate a battery life report
- powercfg -batteryreport
- Display the devices that can wake the PC from sleep mode
- powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
- Find Scheduled Tasks that can wake PC from sleep mode (PowerShell as admin)
- Get-ScheduledTask |where {$_.Settings.waketorun}
- Permanently sets environment variable FOO=bar. Not set in current command console.
- setx FOO bar
- Open Startup folder
- [Win+R] shell:startup (current user)
- [Win+R] shell:common startup (all users)
- Last boot time
- systeminfo | find "Boot"
- Names and PIDs of running processes
- tasklist
- Forcefully kill running process NAME
- taskkill /f /im NAME
- Shadow store
- [admin] vssadmin list shadows
- Compute digest sum of a file, e.g. MD5 or SHA256
- certutil -hashfile FILE MD5
- Create "junction" (symbolic link) <linkpath> to real folder <folderpath>. E.g. to create a symbolic link C:\Comix to real folder C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Comix
- mklink /J C:\Comix C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Comix mklink /J <linkpath> <folderpath>
- Windows version e.g. Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
- ver
- Lock/unlock a file (can't be read/copied/moved)
- cacls <File Path> /P everyone:n
- cacls <File Path> /P everyone:f
Network
- latency and loss at hops between a source and destination (better tracert)
- pathping N.N.N.N
- Turn off hiberfile.sys, saves about 8 Gb disk space for desktops that don't need hibernation
- powercfg -h off
- Show currently logged in users (RDP)
- query user
Control Panels
Open Control panels from command line/Win+R
- Add/Remove Programs
- appwiz.cpl
- Display Properties
- desk.cpl
- Computer Management
- compmgmt.msc
- Device Manager
- devmgmt.msc
- Disk Management Control Panel
- diskmgmt.msc
- DirectX Diagnostics
- dxdiag
- Event Viewer
- eventvwr
- Local Group Policy Editor
- gpedit.msc
- Fonts installed on system
- start fonts
- Local Users and Groups admin
- lusrmgr
- System Configuration: stuff like startup, boot options, services, startup programs, names of system commands
- msconfig
- Displays general system information
- msinfo32
- System Properties -> Advanced tab -> Environment Variables
- runDll32 sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables
- Remote Desktop Connection to <computername>
- mstsc /v:<computername>
- Services
- services.msc
- Task Scheduler
- taskschd.msc
- Show Windows version in command console
- ver
- Show Windows version and build in dialog
- winver
How to "Run as Admin" from Windows button
- Hit the "Windows" button on the keyboard
- Type a command to run as admin, e.g. "services"
- Type Ctrl-Shift-Enter to run command AS ADMIN!
