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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
Modify msi and MSP installer packages. This command is commonly used to silently install software using a msi installer. Install a package. msiexec /i c:\install_file.msiInstall a package with no user interaction. msiexec /i c:\install_file.msi /quit47. verThe ver command displays the Windows version. 48. manage-bde (BitLocker)Check bitlocker status, encrypt and decrypt data drives. Check if bitlocker status.manage-bde -statusTurn on bitlocker and encrypt the drive. manage-bde -on49. findstr Findstr searches for patterns of text in files. For example, I’ll look for the word food in file ping1.txtfindstr food c:\it\ping1.txtThe above command will search inside the file for any instance of the string food. Here is what the text file looks like. Below you can see the command found the string “food” twice inside the file. See the Microsoft findstr documentation for more examples. 50. mstscThe mstsc command starts a remote desktop session to another computer or allows you t edit a .rdp configuration file. Connect to the server using full screen, I’ll use 192.168.100.10 in these examples. mstsc /f 192.168.100.10Span rdp across multiple monitors.mstsc /span 192.168.100.10Is there a command to list all Windows commands? You can type help to get a list of the system default commands. Unfortunately, this will not list commands that have been installed by other programs like the RSAT tools. To see a complete list of commands the Microsoft Windows Commands documentation. How do I run the command prompt as administrator? This is a great question as some commands will not run unless the command prompt is in administrator mode. To run the command prompt as an administrator right click on “command prompt” and select “Run as administrator” SummaryAll of these commands can be used in PowerShell or the old (and dead) Windows CMD. These commands are great no matter where you are in your IT career. I’ve used some of these commands since I started as a helpdesk tech and still use them as a sysadmin/network engineer. Got any commands you still use? Please share them in the comment section below.
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