The Command Prompt in Windows provides access to over 280 commands. These commands are used to perform certain operating system tasks through a command line interpreter instead of the graphical Windows interface that we use most often.
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For example, with Command Prompt commands you can copy data to another folder, format an entire drive, back up your files, send messages to other computers, restart your computer, and much more. There are also several Command Prompt tricks and hacks that make use of some of these commands.
It is important to note that the commands in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP are called CMD commands or Command Prompt commands, and the commands in Windows 98/95 and MS-DOS are called DOS commands. We have included them all in this list to show changes in commands from operating system to operating system.
Below is a complete list of Command Prompt commands, often called CMD commands (and sometimes incorrectly called command prompt codes), that are available through the Command Prompt in Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
