In Windows you can make a checksum of a file without installing any additional software. For this you can use the certUtil – built-in command-line utility that works both in Windows CMD and Powershell. In this note i will show the examples of how to make md5sum and sha256sum of a file in Windows from […]
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Windows: Install Telnet Client – CMD & PowerShell
The telnet client in Windows is disabled by default. Before using the telnet command in Windows it is needed to enable the telnet client, otherwise you’ll get a result similar to the below messages: CMD: ‘telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. PowerShell: The term ‘telnet’ is […]
[SOLVED] CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories
If you try to cd to a network drive from the Windows CMD, you will get the following error: CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories Instead of cd command in CMD you can use a pushd command, that creates a drive mapping to the network share and then changes into a path […]
Windows: Safe Mode – Start from Boot|Reboot & CMD
Safe Mode in Windows is a special diagnostic mode that allows to use Windows with basic drivers and can help to troubleshoot various problems. Windows can be started in Safe Mode in different ways, depending on the OS version (Windows 10, 8, 7, XP) and the hardware vendor (Lenovo, DELL, HP, Asus, Acer). In this […]
Windows: Start Service – CMD & PowerShell
The services in Windows can be started using the Service Manager tool. To start the Service Manager GUI, press Win keybutton to open the start menu, type in services to search for the Service Manager and press Enter to launch it. The services can also be started using the command-line prompt (CMD) or the PowerShell. […]
Windows: List Processes – TaskList Command – CMD
All processes in Windows can be listed on the command-line prompt (CMD) using the tasklist command. The tasklist command in Windows is the Linux ps command equivalent. In this note i am showing how to list all processes on the command-line prompt (CMD) in Windows using the tasklist command, how to sort the process list […]
Windows: List Services – CMD & PowerShell
The services in Windows can be listed using the Service Manager tool. To start the Service Manager GUI, press Win keybutton to open the start menu, type in services to search for the Service Manager and press Enter to launch it. The services can also be listed using the command-line prompt (CMD) or the PowerShell. […]
Windows: Which Equivalent – CMD & PowerShell
The which command in Linux is used to identify the location of executables. The where command is a Windows which equivalent in a command-line prompt (CMD). In a Windows PowerShell the alternative for the which command is the Get-Command utility. In this note i will show how to find paths of executable commands in Windows.
Windows: TaskKill – Kill Process by PID, Name, Port – CMD
Sometimes when an application in Windows hangs, freezes and stops responding the only way to terminate it is to kill from the command-line. The taskkill command in Windows serves for terminating tasks by name or by process id (PID). In this note i am showing how to find and kill a process by its name […]
Windows: Get Exit Code (ErrorLevel) – CMD & PowerShell
Every command or application returns an exit status, also known as a return status or exit code. A successful command or application returns a 0, while an unsuccessful one returns a non-zero value that usually can be interpreted as an error code. In Linux you can get the exit status of a last command by […]