Useful DOS Commands For A Software Developer.

 Assoc - it displays a full list of file name extensions and program associations.

you can a get a view all the file associations your computer knows about.

 

 - the above is to get associate information about the .py file extension.

Cipher - it can be used to encrypt or decrypt data on NTFS drives.

this tool also lets to securely delete data by overwriting it.

Driverquery - it displays all the drivers installed on your computer.

you'll be seeing a list of all the drivers along with their name, type, and other information.

fc - this can be used to identify differences in text between two files.

Powercfg /? - allows the user to view and modify the power plans and settings.

Systeminfo - detail configuration overview of your computer will be displayed.

ex : it shows information about OS configuration, security information, product id and hardware properties.

    

sfc /scannow - to run this command first you should launch CMD as an administrator.

entering this command will check the integrity of all protected files.

if a problem is found files will be repaired with backup system files.

schtasks - enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run and end scheduled tasks.

chkdsk - to run this command first you should launch CMD as an administrator.

can be used to scan an entire disk.

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attrib - used to display or change the file attributes for a file or folder.

robocopy - to make copies of files and folder.

cls - clears the screen.

       clear out previously typed commands in cmd.

before cls command :

after cls command: