Menu
I am new to powershell.
Can any body please explain me how to open command prompt from powershell.
I want to open command prompt and run Dir command
Is it possible to use new-object -comobject for this???
584
The executables can be run from any command-line shell, like PowerShell. This includes script files that may require other shells to work properly. For example, if you run a Windows batch script ( . cmd file) in PowerShell, PowerShell runs cmd.exe and passes in the batch file for execution.
Click the Windows Start Button. In the search box type cmd. In the search results, Right-Click on cmd and select Run as administrator (Figure 2). This will open the Command Prompt window (Figure 3).
Press Ctrl + Shift + 2 while the Terminal window is in focus. This opens a new tab with the Command Prompt shell. You can now close the first tab and start working using CMD. To close the first tab, click on the X button next to the Windows PowerShell tab name.
Just run start cmd.
That will open Command Prompt in a new window.
77
dir is built into PowerShell. It's an alias for Get-ChildItem. Open a PowerShell prompt from the Start Menu (All Programs --> Accessories if you're on XP, just search on higher versions of Windows), and just type dir and press Enter. It works similarly to the dir Command Prompt command.
A COM object is definitely overkill. If you really, really need to use the Command Prompt within PowerShell, just run cmd. That will launch an instance of the Command Prompt in the current window.
41
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
