MS-DOS or Microsoft Disk Operating System was the dominant operating system for Personal Computer throughout the 80s. MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system. MS-DOS allows the user to ...

Sometimes it can be useful to list the contents of one or more directories in a text file, for example by creating a file catalog. Windows does not allow you to perform this operation from File ...

In the MS-Dos operating system, standard system commands are used to carry out various tasks like deleting specific files, changing the directory, listing contents of the specified directory, etc. In ...

Moving files around by dragging and dropping in Windows Explorer is a simple task. Many long-time Windows users may never open a DOS command-line window and may not be familiar with commands that were ...

Buried deep within Windows’ bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows’ soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...