10 Useful CMD commands you should know About

Hey everybody, today I am here with 10 useful CMD commands that you should know about. These command are easy to use and will provide you with lots of information about your computer and even will help you do things fast.

ipconfig

When you need to know your IP Address ipconfig can come in very handy. You can get all the network related details for your computer just by running  a signle command.

ipconfig/all

If you need to change your IP Address run these commands

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

ping

 This command is useful if you need to check the connection between computers or devices. If you are connecting to computers locally you can ping one computer from another to check if the connection is successful.

ping IP_ADDRESS

Make sure to change IP_ADDRESS with your device's ip.

command/?

This command can be helpful if you need to know about other command. It is similar to "whatis" command in linux. You can get detail about a command using

COMMAND/?

change COMMAND with your command.

Command Sequence

You can create a sequence of multiple command. This can be helpful if you are trying to run a sequence of command to complete some task. All you have to do is separate different commands using &&.

sfc /scannow

This command is used to scan and repair files. Just enter the command "sfc /scannow" and hit enter.

This can take a while, depending on you computer

Get Driver List

You can get a list of drivers installed on your computer. Just run "driverquery" and a complete list of all the drivers installed on your pc will be given to you.

Rename files

This command is very helpful when you have to rename multiple files. Renaming a file at a time can be tedious when you are dealing with a large number of files. Let's say, you have to change extension of 100 jpg files to png; All you have to do is run

Ren *.jpg *.png

Here *.jpg means select all the files with jpg extension and rename it to the .png.

Run Command as Admin

If you want to run a command as admin and don't want to  reopen the command prompt with administrator privileges, then all you have to do is 

runas /user:yourdomain\administrator cmd

don't forget to change cmd with your command.

Hide Folder

You can hide a folder from cmd, using the command

attrib +h +s +r PathToTheFolder

replace PathToTheFolder with the abolute path to the folder that you want to hide.

Get System Info

run the command systeminfo to get OS build, original install date, model, manufacturer, model and some other useful information.

That's it guys, hope you like it.