This clever trick will pull up a file browser on demand. Certainly we're not the only ones who, while staring at the command prompt, realized that the file we wanted to access was 87 long ...

Renaming multiple files one-by-one can be a boring and time-consuming task, particularly when you have a lot of them ...

You can open any Microsoft App from Command Prompt, if you know the Package Family Name and App ID of that particular app in Windows 11/10.

Learn how to copy files using Command Prompt (copy and xcopy). You can also use parameters to perform some specific tasks while copying.

A Windows Command Prompt is a screen where you type in commands that you would like to execute. The command prompt is very useful if you want to use batch files, basic scripting, or to perform ...

Reader Kevin used his ubergeeky AutoHotkey scripting skills to create a hotkey that opens a command prompt window at the same location as the folder you are browsing in Windows Explorer.

The "open" program is specific to OS X and lets you basically drag and drop a file with the -a command onto an application. This way it overrides the per-user OBJ open-with settings.

For both the Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell tools, the File menu will let you open new instances with the current folder already active (which can save a lot of tedious typing).

To close File Explorer, press Ctrl + Shift + ESC to open Task Manager. Find Windows Explorer in the list and right-click the process. Select End task. Return to the Command Prompt window where you ...

On Windows 11, you can change the format of a file in multiple ways through File Explorer, Command Prompt, and from a compatible application. In this guide, I'll show you how.