External command

A MS-DOS command that is not included in command.com.External commands are commonly external either because they require large requirements or are not commonly used commands. As can be seen in the picture to the right, each of the external commands are their own seperate files. However, the internal commands are all included in the command.com file.

Below are examples of MS-DOS and Windows command line external commands currently listed in the Computer Hope database.

Append Arp Assign At Attrib Backup Bootsect Cacls Chcp Chkdsk Chkntfs Choice Cipher Comp Compact Convert Debug Defrag Delpart Deltree Diskcomp Diskcopy Doskey Dosshell Dumpchk Edit Edlin Expand Extract

Fasthelp Fc Fdisk Find Forfiles Format FTP Gpupdate Graftabl Help Hostname Ipconfig Label Loadfix logoff Mem Mode More Msav Msbackup Mscdex Mscdexnt Mwbackup Msd Nbtstat

Net Netsh Netstat Nlsfunc Nslookup Pathping Ping Power Print Reg Robocopy Route Runas Scandisk Scanreg Setver Sfc Share Shutdown Smartdrv Sort Subst Sys Systeminfo

Taskkill Tasklist Telnet Tracert Tree Tskill Undelete Unformat Wmic Xcopy

Many of the external commands are located in the Windows\system32 or Winnt\system32 directories. If you need to locate the external file in order to delete it, rename it or replace it, you can also find the file through MS-DOS.

• MS-DOS and Windows command line help and support.
• How can I obtain the file for an external MS-DOS command?

Computer Hope cannot and will not provide any user with a downloadable version of any of the above files. If you're looking for a download, we suggest you look for alternative programs that perform the same function as the above commands.

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