30 Windows Commands you CAN’T live without

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NetworkChuck runs through a rapid-fire set of Windows Command Prompt tricks, presenting the video as 35 more commands after a previous list. He shows setting Command Prompt to always run as administrator, hiding a zip inside a kitten photo with copy /b, encrypting a folder with cipher /e, and hiding and unhiding folders with attrib +H +S +R and the reverse. He demonstrates revealing saved Wi-Fi networks and passwords with netsh wlan show profile and key=clear, exporting them to a text file and a batch file, plus systeminfo, scp for secure remote copying, subst to map a folder as a drive, and opening Explorer and Command Prompt from each other. He then covers customising the prompt with color, prompt and title, and a long curl section he demonstrates for weather, unshortening links, checking a site’s status, finding a public IP, making a QR code, dictionary definitions and querying ChatGPT, before covering start, deleting temporary files, enabling Telnet to use Telehack, the F1-F9 history keys, doskey /history, Windows Terminal tabs, and his closing advice to learn PowerShell.

Key takeaways

Use netsh wlan show profile with key=clear to reveal a saved Wi-Fi password in plain text
Hide a zip inside an image with copy /b, encrypt with cipher /e, and hide folders with attrib +H +S +R
Use subst to map any folder as a drive letter and subst /d to remove it
Curl in modern Windows can fetch weather, public IP, QR codes, definitions and site status from the prompt
F7 lists previous commands, doskey /history prints them, and he recommends PowerShell over Command Prompt for deeper learning

Episode details: published March 27, 2023 · 14:35 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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