Windows 10 Inside Out, 4th Edition

Chapter 19

PowerShell and other advanced management tools

Command Prompt or PowerShell?

Using Windows Terminal

An introduction to Windows PowerShell

Working in a Command Prompt session

Editing the Windows registry

Automating tasks

Using Microsoft Management Console

The simplest way to accomplish most tasks in Windows 10 is with the help of the graphical user interface—the dialog boxes and Settings pages where you can define preferences and change settings.

But just because that’s usually the easiest way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Most such tasks have an alternative that you can exercise via the command line or by making changes to the Windows registry. If you’re a system administrator or help desk technician, using command-line tools can ...