Top Post 10+ Best CMD Hacks For Windows - 2015

1. Creating Con Or Non Deletable Folder With CMD

In Windows you can not create a folder with name con or can not rename a folder to con. This is because it is a variable name used by Windows programming. Other variable name includes lp1, lpt2, lpt3 up to lpt9, aux. So Windows can not allow you to make a folder with this name. But with the help of dos command we can create a folder with such name.


1. Press Windows button and run CMD as administrator.

2. Type the command with this syntax "drive name: ". This command allow you to enter in the drive in which you want to create a folder. For example d: and press enter.

3. Now enter the following command


4. After that your folder is created in specified drive.


Deleting con Folder

 You can not delete such folder manually by using Windows. To delete this folder type the following command in the command prompt.



 

2. Shut Down Computer With Commands

You can also shut down your computer by using command prompt. Type the following command in command prompt.

For Shut Down


For Restarting


For Logoff


-s -r -l parameter tells the computer to shut down, restart, log off

3. Shutdown Computer In specified Time With CMD

You can also shut down your computer in specified time using command prompt. If you want to shut down your computer after two minutes type the following command.

4. Print Message Before Shut Down

We can also print some message before shut down a computer. We can use it as a reminder which remind you a task at the time of shut down. We can do this by using the following command.



We can replace my message with our message we want to display.

5. Assoc CMD Command

There are many programs installed in our computer. Each program have its own file extension. It is difficult to remember each file extension. If you want to know which file is associated with which program then we can do this by typing the following command


This command provide you a list of programs and their associated files.

6. Hide A Folder With CMD Command

We can play some interesting tricks with command prompt. Hiding a folder is one of them. By hiding a folder you can also save your data from other users. You can do this by typing the following command.



Where ABC is the name of directory we want to hide.

Unhide The Folder

If we can also unhide the hidden folder using command prompt. To unhide the folder type the following command.

7. IP Related CMD Command

ipconfig is of the most useful command to see the IP address, Defult gateway and subnet mask. This command is related to networking and is most important for troubleshooting the problems related to TCP/IP.


To view Subnet Mask and IP Address use


To view TCP/IP related Information use


To view DNS cache use


To delete the local cache of DNS use

8. Net Related Commands

Net is a powerful cmd tool which is used to see the stat of network. This command provide information about active connection. This command is used to view or update network settings.

It is used to view only the services that are started using the following versions of this command

1. net stop server ( when the server is currently not running any service.)

2. net start server (when the server is being starting a service.)

3. net start (This command is used to check the services that are currently running.)

4. For connecting to shared network devices use the following command.

net use m:\sharedservername (for connecting to share network drives)

net use m:\sharedservername/delete (for disconnecting to share network drives)

9. Netstat CMD Command

Netstat command is an important tool when you want to know about who is establishing a connection with your computer. The out of this command provide you the information about all active connection and listening ports. we can view Ethernet statics and resolve connecting host IP address to a fully qualified domain name. You can use the Netstat command with following attributes

1. -a (display all connection)

2. -n (sorts connection in numerical order)

3. -b (display executable name. that is browser name)

10. Nslookup CMD Command

When we use internet , Domain name server resolve the Domain names to IP addresses so we do not need to remember the IP addresses. But in case of troubleshooting we can get the IP address of particular website using this command.