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Command Reference Overview

This topic provides information about the common administrative and troubleshooting tasks and tools
that relate to the command line in Windows Server 2008. You will also find information about
automating common administrative tasks through scripting.

z Common tasks

z Useful tools

z Command-line resources

Common tasks
For details about completing common administrative tasks, see the following information on the
Microsoft Web site:

z How to join a domain from the command line

z Run Backup using the command line

Useful tools
This section describes the Microsoft Web site downloads and tools associated with Windows
Server 2008 that relate to the command line.

Microsoft Management Console

No Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins related to the command line
were available when this documentation was last updated. You can use snap-ins and the command line
to perform similar tasks.

Downloads

For downloads associated with the command line, go to the Microsoft TechNet Script Center
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=63080) for scripts and tools to assist with automation.

Command-line resources
For command-line reference information, see the following:

z The Windows Server 2008 TechCenter (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=95301).

z The Windows Server 2008 Technical Library (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132703).

For more information about a specific command, see the following Command Reference topics on the
Microsoft Web site:

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z Adprep

z Append

z Arp

z Assoc

z At

z Attrib

z Auditpol

z Autochk

z Autoconv

z Autofmt

z BCDBoot

z BCDEdit

z Bitsadmin

z Bootcfg

z Break

z Cacls

z Call

z Cd

z Certreq

z Certutil

z Change

z Chcp

z Chdir

z Chglogon

z Chgport

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z Chguser

z Chkdsk

z Chkntfs

z Choice

z Cipher

z Clip

z Cls

z Cluster

z Cmd

z Cmdkey

z Color

z Comp

z Compact

z Convert

z Copy

z Csvde

z Date

z Dcdiag

z Dcpromo

z Defrag

z Del

z Dfscmd

z Dir

z Diskcomp

z Diskcopy

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z Diskedit

z Diskpart

z DiskRAID

z Diskshadow

z Dnscmd

z Doskey

z Driverquery

z Dsacls

z Dsadd

z Dsamain

z Dsdbutil

z Dsget

z Dsmgmt

z Dsmod

z Dsmove

z Dsquery

z Dsrm

z Echo

z Edit

z Endlocal

z Erase

z Eventcreate

z Exit

z Extract

z Fc

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z Find

z Findstr

z Flattemp

z For

z Forfiles

z Format

z Freedisk

z Fsutil

z Ftype

z Goto

z Gpresult

z Graftabl

z Help

z Icacls

z If

z Ktmutil

z Ktpass

z Label

z Ldifde

z Ldp

z Logman

z Logoff

z Lpq

z Lpr

z Mapadmin

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z Md

z Mkdir

z Mklink

z Mode

z More

z Mount

z Mountvol

z Move

z Msg

z Msiexec

z Msinfo32

z Mstsc

z Net computer

z Net group

z Net localgroup

z Net print

z Net user

z Netdiag

z Netdom

z Nfsadmin

z Nfsshare

z Nfsstat

z Nlb

z Nltest

z Nslookup

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z Ntbackup

z Ntdsutil

z Openfiles

z Path

z Pause

z Perfmon

z Popd

z Print

z Prncnfg.vbs

z Prndrvr.vbs

z Prnjobs.vbs

z Prnmngr.vbs

z Prnport.vbs

z Prnqctl.vbs

z Prompt

z Psadmin

z Pubprn.vbs

z Pushd

z Qappsrv

z Qprocess

z Query

z Quser

z Qwinsta

z Rd

z Recover

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z Redircmp

z Redirusr

z Reg

z Relog

z Rem

z Ren

z Rename

z Rendom

z Repadmin

z Replace

z Reset session

z Rmdir

z Robocopy

z Rpcinfo

z Runas

z Rwinsta

z Sc

z Schtasks

z Set

z Setlocal

z Setx

z Shadow

z Shift

z Showmount

z Shutdown

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z Sort

z Start

z Subst

z Systeminfo

z Takeown

z Taskkill

z Tasklist

z Time

z Timeout

z Title

z Tracerpt

z Tree

z Tscon

z Tsdiscon

z Tskill

z Tsprof

z Type

z Typeperf

z Umount

z Ver

z Verify

z Vol

z Vssadmin

z Waitfor

z Wbadmin

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z Wecutil

z Wevutil

z Where

z Whoami

z Winsat

z Wmic

z Xcopy

Additional references
z Microsoft TechNet: Resources for IT Professionals (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?
LinkId=66683)

z Microsoft TechNet Script Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=63080)

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