In the search results, right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator. If you are prompted for confirmation or an administrator password, type the password, or click Allow.

In the search box on the taskbar, type command prompt, and right-click or press and hold Command Prompt (Desktop app) from the list of results. Select Run as administrator, and then select Yes.

After the October 2022 update, Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, and other console apps will appear inside an instance of Windows Terminal. You might experience compatibility issues with apps, especially those that try to blend graphical elements with text mode elements.

Click the COM Add-ins command that you added to display the COM Add-ins dialog box. The dialog box lists all COM Add-ins that are installed on your system, and the COM Add-ins that are currently loaded are selected.

This article describes TRACERT (Trace Route), a command-line utility that you can use to trace the path that an Internet Protocol (IP) packet takes to its destination.

Regsvr32 is a command-line utility to register and unregister OLE controls, such as DLLs and ActiveX controls in the Windows Registry. Regsvr32.exe is installed in the %systemroot%\System32 folder in Windows XP and later versions of Windows.

Learn how to navigate Windows using keyboard shortcuts. Explore a full list of taskbar, command prompt, and general Windows shortcuts.

Use command-line switches to customize the startup process for Microsott Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access.

Your PC will still work, but we recommend moving to Windows 11. Learn more If you can’t locate a lost file from your backup, then you can use Windows File Recovery, which is a command line app available from the Microsoft Store.

This is equivalent to running the scanreg /autorun command from a command prompt. If no backups are available, Windows Registry Checker tries to make repairs to the registry.