Latest articles tagged “command prompt”

In this quick guide, we'll show you the fastest way to open a CMD or PowerShell at any folder location, using Microsoft's File Explorer built into Windows 10. To make things even faster, we'll do this using keyboard shortcuts for the main steps. ... Read more

In the latest versions of Windows 10, the Power User (Win+X) menu shows Windows PowerShell instead of the entries for Command Prompt and Command Prompt (Admin). If you wish to get the Command Prompt entries back in this menu, here's how to do it. ... Read more

Here are two ways to open the Command Prompt at boot in Windows 10. ... Read more

When filled with too many files, the Empty Recycle Bin command doesn't always succeeds in clearing the entire Recycle Bin. Here are 2 methods for fixing this problem and emptying the Recycle Bin - both were tested and they work in Windows 8 and 10. ... Read more

If you are having trouble deleting a certain file or folder from your computer by traditional means, you may have better luck attempting to remove it via the Command Prompt utility. ... Read more

We explained before what an elevated command prompt is and how to open one in several ways under Windows 8 or 10. In this tutorial we'll show you how to create a desktop shortcut to an elevated command prompt and pin it to taskbar or start screen. ... Read more

Also called elevated mode, an elevated command prompt is a command line mode introduced in Windows starting with Vista. It's available in Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 as well. What it does is allows an user to execute commands with admin privileges. ... Read more