How to update version of command processor (cmd.exe)?

Question

How to update version of command processor (cmd.exe)?

I've searched but I can only find stuff about updating Windows from command prompt and nowhere how to update command processor (cmd.exe).

Answer 1

Upgrade to Windows 10.

Versions of CMD are shipped as part of Windows. To update CMD, you must update Windows.

Very occasionally, a change is pushed out to CMD via Windows Update, usually as a security or compatibility patch, but usually the only way to get a new version is to get a new version of Windows.

For example, my version of cmd is:

D:\>cmd /ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Version 6.3.9600 is also the Windows version number for Windows 8.1, which is my OS.