The following are the various command-line tools that you can use to do various functions with Microsoft software update packages. This command-line tool helps you get help in the form of a dialog box ...

Linux has spoiled me over the last 26 years concerning installing applications, as it has had a command-line package installation program (apt-get) since 1999. Apt-get made it incredibly easy to ...

You’d think the Command Prompt would be long-gone after 30 years of Windows’ graphical interface, but it’s not, and there’s a good reason why. Though many of its duties have been replaced by icons or ...

Windows, Microsoft, and third-party software makers supply numerous useful tools for the command line — but these are not always easy to use. Graphical user interfaces (GUI), on the other hand, ...

While it may not always be the best choice in Windows, there are certain things you can only do from the command line. We've talked about a few command line essentials before, like using tracert to ...

In early 2024, Microsoft replaced the long-standing Command Prompt application with a newer Terminal app. This is a host application for command-line interfaces like Command Prompt, Powershell, and ...