Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

cmd

Synopsis

Runs a new instance of the command-line shell.

Syntax

cmd [/a | /u] [/q] [/d] [/e:on | /e:off] [/f:on | /f:off] [/v:on | 
/v:off] [ [/s] [/c | /k] command]

Options

none

Opens a new command shell.

command

Runs the specified command in the current command shell.

/c

Executes command and then exits the shell. (The remainder of the command following the /c switch is processed as a command line.)

/k

Executes command and continues running the shell. (The remainder of the command following the /k switch is processed as a command line.)

/s

If the first character after /c or /k is a quote and the /s switch is used, strips the leading and final closing quotes and retains any other quotes in the line as part of the command (new to Windows 2000).

/q

Disables Echo.

/d

Disables running AutoRun commands, which are stored in the registry and executed by default whenever cmd is run (new to Windows 2000). The registry locations are:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun

/a

Sets output to ANSI.

/u

Sets output to Unicode.

/t: bf

Specifies background and foreground colors using hexadecimal numeric codes of the color command (type color /? for a list of codes).

/e:[on | off]

Enables or disables command-shell extensions (enabled by default), which extend the functionality of the following commands: del (erase), color, cd (chdir), md (mdir), prompt, pushd, popd, set, setlocal, endlocal, if, for, call, shift, goto, start, assoc, and ...