If you’ve ever opened a command-line window on Windows and wondered which tool you should be using, you’re not alone. Between Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Terminal, knowing when to choose ...

Command Prompt is tagged among the essential tools in Windows computers. This text-based operating system has been in existence since before the official introduction of graphical user interfaces and ...

Something to look forward to: Windows' Command Prompt hasn't seen many major changes during its years-long existence, and that's probably because they haven't really been necessary. Though not the ...

Microsoft's latest preview of the command line tool Windows Terminal, version 1.3, is now available for developers to test. As of June, Microsoft is releasing Windows Terminal as a more stable release ...

For the most part you can use Windows without ever typing into the command line. That’s one of the key things that set Windows apart from its predecessor, MS-DOS. But power users may still find ...

In future versions of Windows 10, Microsoft has removed the venerable 'Administrative Tools' and added a new 'Windows Tools' control panel with almost double the number of tools promoted within it.

Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

News about Microsoft's new Windows Terminal app with tabs got rightly overshadowed by its Linux kernel for Windows 10, which will allow Linux apps to to be run by a Microsoft-made Linux kernel rather ...

When you delete a file from your computer, it’s not really gone. In fact, it can often be recovered with the right tools. That’s where Sdelete comes in. Sdelete is short for Secure Delete and it ...

Whether you want to open the Component Services or any other utility on your Windows computer, the Run prompt is always there. Using the Run prompt to open the Component Services is probably the ...

Most users are familiar with Windows Defender (the antivirus tool built into Windows Security), which continuously monitors the system for suspicious software activity and also identifies and blocks ...