Unlike Windows, DOS commands are the primary way you interact with the operating system. Windows and other modern operating systems use a graphical system designed for touch or a mouse. If you are using Windows (such as Windows 11, 10, 8, etc.), you do not need DOS commands because you do not have MS-DOS. See the table at the bottom of this page for more information.
DOS Commands You Should Know
Below is a complete list of MS-DOS commands, often simply called DOS commands, available as of MS-DOS 6.22:
The commands in Windows are available through the command prompt and are called command prompt commands or CMD commands. However, they are not DOS commands.
Instead, check out our list of Windows CMD commands for all the command line options you have at your disposal in Windows. We also have a comparison chart that shows which commands are available in different Microsoft operating systems.
