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
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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