windows-commands.md

Windows Commands

This is just a collection of useful Windows commands

• where python -- like the Unix which python, locates the installed path to python
• clear .bat file app association -- http://superuser.com/questions/53948/how-do-i-restore-bat-files-as-executables
• rmdir /S dir_name -- remove a non-empty directory
• ctrl + shift + esc -- open task manager
• if else block with exist -- a gist to check for directory existence in batch script
• mklink /D nameDir sourceDir -- create a symlink directory named nameDir that points to sourceDir
• rd nameDir -- remove nameDir directory symlink. must be done first if symlink already exists in mklink above
• echo %errorlevel% -- echo the status of the previous command. If not 0, there was an error.
• net user %USERNAME% /domain -- print user domain information (password expiration, etc.)

Windows Utilities

• Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier -- installs fciv
  • fciv {path_to_file} -sha1 -- generate the SHA1 value of a file