page_title: Cmd.exe
section_title: Windows NT family
hierarchical_section_title: Cmd.exe / Internal commands / Windows NT family
caption_attribution_description: English: Windows Command Prompt on Windows 7
context_page_description: cmd.exe is the default command-line interpreter for OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, Microsoft Windows, and the ReactOS operating systems. The name refers to its executable filename. It is also commonly referred to as cmd or the Command Prompt, referring to the default window title on Windows. The implementations differ on the various systems but the behavior and basic set of commands is generally consistent. cmd.exe is the counterpart of COMMAND.COM in DOS and Windows 9x systems, and analogous to the Unix shells used on Unix-like systems. The initial version of cmd.exe for Windows NT was developed by Therese Stowell.Windows CE 2.11 was the first embedded Windows release to support a console and a Windows CE version of cmd.exe.
  On Windows CE .NET 4.2, Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Embedded CE 6.0 it is also referred to as Command Processor Shell.
  The ReactOS implementation of cmd.exe is derived from FreeCOM, the FreeDOS command line interpreter.
context_section_description: The following list of internal commands is supported by cmd.exe on Windows NT and later:
  assoc
  break
  call
  cd
  chdir
  cls
  color
  copy
  date
  del
  dir
  dpath
  echo
  endlocal
  erase
  exit
  for
  ftype
  goto
  if
  keys
  md
  mkdir
  mklink (introduced in Windows Vista)
  move
  path
  pause
  popd
  prompt
  pushd
  rd
  rem
  ren
  rename
  rmdir
  set
  setlocal
  shift
  start
  time
  title
  type
  ver
  verify
  vol
caption: cmd.exe on Windows 7
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