13. Command-Line Utilities
In This Chapter
• More than 250 command-line programs are provided with Windows 7, up from about 150 provided with Windows XP.
• You can get some jobs done more quickly with a command-line utility than with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) program.
• This chapter covers the most important command-line programs—the ones you really need to know how to use.
• Windows has a tool that lets you create simple installation programs to distribute your own programs and scripts—if you know where to find it.
Windows Command-Line Programs
Hundreds of executable programs are installed along with Windows; some of these are familiar, standard Windows programs such as Notebook, Windows Media Player, Solitaire, and Internet Explorer. ...
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