The Command Prompt in Windows XP provides access to almost 180 commands. Below is a list of these commands, with a description next to each to briefly explain what you might use it for.
Why Use Windows XP Commands
The commands available in Windows XP are typically used to automate tasks, create batch/script files, and perform various kinds of troubleshooting and diagnostics.
See how to open Command Prompt if you’re not sure how to get to the command-line tool that supports the commands in the table below.
To see when a command was first introduced to Windows, or when it was removed, see this table of every command from Windows 11 down through MS-DOS.
Windows XP CMD commands might look and act like MS-DOS commands, but they’re not, and the XP Command Prompt is not MS-DOS. See the list of DOS Commands for those.
Windows XP Command Prompt Commands
Below is a complete list of commands available via the Windows XP Command Prompt:
We also have detailed lists of Windows 8 commands and Windows 7 commands, or you can see a one-page, detail-free table of command availability from MS-DOS through Windows 11 here.
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