Chapter 23. Increasing Productivity at the Command Line

Many utilities increase your overall efficiency when working with Windows. In general, anything that affects Windows will likely affect your performance at the command line as well, even if the effect is marginal or only environmental. However, to get the most out of the command line, you really need to improve the command line itself. That's where the utilities in this chapter come into play. These utilities are unlikely to affect anything you do with Windows as a whole, but they do affect your command line efficiency.

In this chapter, you'll learn how to do the following:

  • Obtain additional information with ToggIt command line helper

  • Use Quick Shutdown to end a session fast

  • Create a friendlier ...

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