Windows 7 / Getting Started

Obtaining Command Line Help with the Help Utility

In most cases, you'll type the name of a utility, followed by the /? command line switch to learn more about it. However, Microsoft decided to make things difficult in some cases. For example, some utilities require that you use the /Help command line switch instead or you might have to use the Help utility to learn more about the command or utility in question. To see a list of commands and utilities that Help supports, type Help and press Enter. This utility uses the following syntax:

HELP [command]

The following describes the command line argument.

command Specifies the name of the command for which you want to obtain more information. If you type Help by itself and press Enter, you'll see a list of all of the available commands. You can then choose a specific command to learn more about with the Help utility.

Working with the System Time Using the Time Command

The Time command displays or sets the system time. This command uses the following syntax:

TIME [/T | time]

The following list describes each of the command line arguments.

/T Displays the date without prompting for a new time. This command line switch only works when you enable command extensions.

time Specifies the new system time.

Changing the Command Window Title with the Title Command

The title that a command window displays might not seem important at first, but it can be important for two reasons. First, if you have multiple command windows open, using a descriptive title can make it easier to locate the correct command window on the Windows Taskbar. Second, it's important to remember that Windows associates settings changes you make with the command window title. Changing the title affects how Windows stores the settings changes you make. The Title command can change the title of a command window. This command uses the following syntax:

TITLE [string]

The following describes the command line argument.

string Contains the text for the command window.

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