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Making an NSlookup Batch file for Windows Command prompt video

Batch files are like shortcut files which make working in the command-prompt a lot faster since batch files automate most of the typing. All you have to do is click the file and it execute a bunch of commands in CMD automatically.
Batch file code for notepad.exe
@echo off
c:\windows\system32\nslookup.exe
@pause
Save the file as NSlookup.bat and pick “All files” [...]

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Tutorial video on learning how to do a disk defrag in command prompt with contig.

 
Learn how to quickly defrag your computer’s hard drive from the command prompt in Windows by watching my short video on disk defraging with contig in Windows CMD.exe. I used CMD in Vista, but it works for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. I have not tested it in 2000, but it probably works for 2000 as [...]

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Using Batch Files to speed up tasks in Windows

Batch Files are very useful because they can be used to copy a lot of files with a click of a mouse. All you have to do is write the batch file and run it. You need to know MS-Dos/command prompt commands to make batch files work since batch files use MS-DOS as it main [...]

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How to Make a directory/folder in MS-DOS/Command Prompt (CMD.EXE)

You need to make a directory or folder in Windows to copy all your files to another drive, but Windows Explorer is not starting. You need to boot to the command prompt to make a directory.

Browse to the folder or drive you want to make the directory in, and type MD foldername if you need to make more [...]

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