Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell are also simple and built-in options covered in this post for this purpose. We have already seen how to open a file or folder using Command Prompt or PowerShell.

This article is about using MS-DOS command prompt to find files on the computer. It also show some of the MS-DOS commands.

The "open" program is specific to OS X and lets you basically drag and drop a file with the -a command onto an application. This way it overrides the per-user OBJ open-with settings.

Open the Start menu and type "cmd" into the "Search Programs and Files" box. Press "Enter" to open the Command Prompt window. Type in the command you want to run and then type in the following ...

A Windows Command Prompt is a screen where you type in commands that you would like to execute. The command prompt is very useful if you want to use batch files, basic scripting, or to perform ...

If you have an elevated command prompt already open, you can launch a PowerShell shell within it by simply typing ' powershell ' and pressing enter.

You can open the Command Prompt on a PC by right-clicking the Start icon, by searching for it, or by opening the Windows System folder.