Top "Command-prompt" questions

The command prompt is the string of text that a command-line interpreter displays to you, the user, to prompt you for input in interactive mode.

How to return an error code without closing the Command Prompt window?

I am writing a batch file which validates a couple of files. When one of the file isn't valid, I …

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Access is Denied When Renaming Folder

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I am going to ask it …

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how to schedule a task for every 5 minutes in windows command prompt?

I'm currently scheduling .bat files using Windows Task Scheduler. However, I want to do this using the Command Prompt's schtasks …

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How to delete "The file name is too long." in windows. [Command Prompt]

How to delete large file path/file name files in Windows. Which is slimier to Linux rm -rf . ?

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Terminal or Console or Shell or Command Prompt?

I find myself using these terms interchangeably without knowing the difference.What is the actual difference between all these terms?

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Net.exe use 'Error: A command was used with conflicting switches.' while using /savecred

I am trying to use following command to map a drive in persistent mode, and I don't want it to …

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Start and stop elasticsearch nodes in windows

I am trying to start elasticsearch as a process and stop it without closing the command prompt. For creating a …

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.bat for batch rename to increment numbers in fname

I have a large folder of .cbr's, and I'm renaming them by issue number to correctly order them. What do …

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Test Remote Database Access Host

I've set up my Remote Database Access Host, on my web hosting cpanel, enabling my home computer IP address to …

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Couldn't access using PSExec - PSTools

PSTools I downloaded and installed in C: \ PSTools. Then I did the following: 1 - I opened the Command Prompt 2 - …

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