Hidden commands

Whare are hidden commands?

The following list contains DOS commands that do not appear when you run the HELP command to display the DOS documentation, even though they appear as executable files in many Windows versions. These commands always appear as external commands, as they are all standalone applications.

 

List of hidden commands

APPEND
ARP
ATMADM
AUDITUSR
BLASTCLN
BOOTCFG

CHOICE
CIPHER

COMMAND

CSCRIPT
DEBUG

DEFRAG

DIANTZ

DISKPART

DISKPERF

EDIT

EDLIN

ESENTUTL

EVENTCREATE

EVENTTRIGGERS
EXE2BIN
EXPAND
FINGER

FLTMC
FSUTIL
FTP

GETMAC
GPRESULT
GPUPDATE
GRAPHICS
HOSTNAME
IPCONFIG

KB16
LOADFIX
LODCTR
LOGMAN

LOGOFF

LPQ

LPR
MAKECAB
MEM
MOUNTVOL

MQBKUP
MQSVC
MRINFO
MSG
MSSWCHX
NBSTAT
NET

NETSH
NETSTAT
NLSFUNC
OBDCCONF
OPENFILES
PATHPING
PENTNT
PING
PING6
POWERCFG
PROXYCFG
QAPPSRV
QPROCESS (query process)
QWINSTA (query session)
RASDIAL
RCP
REG

RESET
REXEC
ROUTE
RSH
RSM

RUNAS
RWINSTA (reset session)
SC

SCHTASKS

SDBINST
SECEDIT

SFC
SHADOW
SHUTDOWN
SMBINST
SYSTEMINFO
TASKKILL
TASKLIST
TCMSETUP
TFTP
TLNTADMN

TRACERT
TRACERT6
TSCON
TSDISCON
TSKILL
TSSHUTDN
TYPEPERF
TZCHANGE
UNLODCTR
VSSADMIN
W32TM
WINMSD (msinfo32)
WSCRIPT