Read the How to Master the Command Prompt in Windows 10 (Links to an external site.) article, and complete Steps 1-6 below. As you explore the command prompt based on information in this article, pay attention to the following points as you move through the article:
- Try the multiple ways to open the command prompt in Windows 10.
- In section 1 Always Open As Administrator, when you do a system search for cmd, and then right-click, select Run as administrator.
- Skip section 6 Drag and Drop Files For Input. (These steps did not work for me.)
Use the Command-line Reference A-Z (Links to an external site.) to complete Steps 7 and 8.
Use the How to Use the Command Prompt in Windows 10 (Links to an external site.) article to complete Steps 9 and 13. Feel free to look up syntax of any command in the Command-line Reference A-Z (Links to an external site.).
Complete the steps below, saving documents as requested. Respond to questions in a separate Word document named, commandpromptanswers.docx.
- Change your power user menu to show Command Prompt rather than Windows PowerShell. What setting did you use?
- Get help for the ipconfig command. What characters do you add to the command to get help?
- Output the results of the ipconfig to the clipboard. What characters did you add to the command?
- Paste the results of the ipconfig command into a Word document. Save the Word document as, ipconfig results.docx.
- Execute the ipconfig command and the tree command at the same time. What characters did you add to the command?
- Output the results of the tree command to the clipboard. Paste the results of the tree command into a Word document. Save the Word document as, tree results.docx.
- Look up the syntax for the ipconfig command. When ipconfig is used without any parameters, what information is displayed?
- Look up the syntax for the chkdsk command. What parameter performs an exhaustive check even if the drive is not marked for chkdsk to run?
- Run the help command. Describe what appears on the screen.
- Type tracert /? at the command prompt. Describe the results that are returned on your screen.
- Output the results of the netstat command to the clipboard. Paste the results of the netstat command into a Word document. Save the Word document as, netstat results.docx.
- Output the results of the tasklist command to the clipboard. Paste the results of the tasklist command into a Word document. Save the Word document as, tasklist results.docx.
- Use the exit command to close the Command Prompt window.
Upload the commandpromptanswers.docx, ipconfig results.docx, tree results.docx, netstat results.docx and tasklist results.docx files here.
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