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.

Learn how to copy files using Command Prompt (copy and xcopy). You can also use parameters to perform some specific tasks while copying.

If you want to execute a task from the command line in Windows, you first have to open Command Prompt. Here are 11 ways to do that.

Now that Notepad is open, create your first CMD script file by typing the same line you used in the CMD window into notepad: start "c:\windows\system32" notepad.exe ...

Adding cmd /k Right-click on the batch file and choose Show more options at the buttom of the menu. Tap on Edit, and your default text editor will open. Now write cmd /k at the end of the batch script ...

If you want to open an Elevated Command Prompt, which is one that runs with Administrator privileges, you can see the How to open a Windows 10 Elevated Command Prompt article instead.