New command-line tools

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

New command-line tools

The following table lists the new Windows Server 2003 family command-line tools.

Command	Features
Adprep	Prepares Windows 2000 domains and forests for an upgrade to Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition; or Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition.
Bootcfg	Configures, queries, or changes Boot.ini file settings.
choice	Prompts the user to make a choice in a batch program by displaying a prompt and pausing for the user to choose from a set of user-option keys.
Clip	Redirects command output from the command line to the Clipboard.
Cmdkey	Creates, lists, and deletes stored user names and passwords or credentials.
Defrag	Locates and consolidates fragmented boot files, data files, and folders on local volumes.
DiskPart	Manages disks, partitions, or volumes.
Driverquery	Queries for a list of drivers and driver properties.
Dsadd	Adds a computer, contact, group, organization unit, or user to a directory.
Dsget	Displays selected attributes of a computer, contact, group, organizational unit, server or user in a directory.
Dsmod	Modifies an existing user, computer, contact, group or organizational units in a directory.
Dsmove	Moves any object from its current location in the directory to a new location, as long as the move can be accommodated within a single domain controller, and renames an object without moving it in the directory tree.
Dsquery	Queries and finds a list of computers, groups, organizational units, servers, or users in the directory by using specified search criterion.
Dsrm	Deletes an object of a specific type or any general object from the directory.
Eventcreate	Enables an administrator to create a custom event in a specified event log.
Eventquery.vbs	Lists the events and event properties from one or more event logs.
Eventtriggers	Displays and configures event triggers on local or remote machines.
Expand	Expands one or more compressed files.
Forfiles	Selects files in a folder or tree for batch processing.
Freedisk	Checks for available disk space before continuing with an installation process.
Fsutil	Manages reparse points, managing sparse files, dismounting a volume, or extending a volume.
Getmac	Obtains the media access control (MAC) address and list of network protocols.
Gettype	Sets the system environment variable %ERRORLEVEL% to the value associated with the specified Windowsoperating system.
Gpresult	Displays Group Policy settings and Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) for a user or a computer.
Helpctr	Starts Help and Support Center.
Iisapp.vbs: IIS application query script	Reports the process identifiers (PIDs) of currently running W3pwp.exe processes serving a particular application pool.
Iisback.vbs: IIS backup management script	Creates and manages backup copies of the Internet Information Services (IIS) configuration (metabase and schema) of a remote or local computer.
Iiscnfg.vbs: IIS configuration script	Imports and exports all or selected parts of the configuration of Internet Information Services (IIS) on a local or remote computer.
Iisext.vbs: IIS Web service extension script	Configures and manages Web service extensions, applications, and individual files on servers running Windows Server 2003 with Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0.
Iisftp.vbs: IIS FTP site management script	Creates, deletes, and lists FTP sites on servers that are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. Also, starts, stops, pauses, and continues FTP sites.
IISFtpdr.vbs: IIS FTP directory script	Creates and deletes virtual directories of FTP sites on servers that are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0.
Iisvdir.vbs: IIS virtual directory script	Creates and deletes virtual directories of Web sites on servers that are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0.
Iisweb.vbs: IIS Web site management script	Creates, deletes, and lists Web sites on servers that are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. Also, starts, stops, pauses, and continues the Web sites.
Inuse	Replaces locked operating system files.
Logman	Manages and schedules performance counter and event trace log collections on local and remote systems.
Nlb	Replaces Wlbs.exe for managing and controlling network load balancing operations.
Nlbmgr	Configures and manages Network Load Balancing clusters and all cluster hosts from a single computer.
Openfiles	Queries, displays, or disconnects open files.
Pagefileconfig.vbs	Displays and configures the paging file Virtual Memory settings of a system.
Perfmon	Enables you to open a Performance console configured with settings files from Windows NT 4.0 version of Performance Monitor.
Prncnfg.vbs	Configures or displays configuration information about a printer.
Prndrvr.vbs	Adds, deletes, and lists printer drivers from local or remote print servers.
Prnjobs.vbs	Pauses, resumes, cancels, and lists print jobs.
Prnmngr.vbs	Adds, deletes, and lists printers or printer connections, in addition to setting and displaying the default printer.
Prnport.vbs	Creates, deletes, and lists standard TCP/IP printer ports, in addition to displaying and changing port configuration.
Prnqctl.vbs	Prints a test page, pauses or resumes a printer, and clears a printer queue.
Relog	Extracts performance counters from performance counter logs into other formats, such as text-TSV (for tab-delimited text), text-CSV (for comma-delimited text), binary-BIN, or SQL.
Rss	Enables Remote Storage, which is used for extending server disk space.
SC	Retrieves and sets information about services. Tests and debugs service programs.
Schtasks	Schedules commands and programs to run periodically or at a specific time. Adds and removes tasks from the schedule, starts and stops tasks on demand, and displays and changes scheduled tasks.
setx	Sets environment variables in the local or system environment, without requiring programming or scripting.
Shutdown	Shuts down or restarts a local or remote computer.
Systeminfo	Queries the system for basic system configuration information.
Takeown	Allows an administrator to recover access to a file that previously was denied by making the administrator the owner of the file.
Taskkill	Ends one or more tasks or processes.
Tasklist	Displays a list of applications, services, and the Process ID (PID) currently running on either a local or a remote computer.
Timeout	Pauses the command processor for the specified number of seconds.
Tracerpt	Processes event trace logs or real-time data from instrumented event trace providers and allows you to generate trace analysis reports and comma-separated value files (.csv) for the events generated.
Tsecimp	Imports assignment information from an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file into the TAPI server security file (Tsec.ini).
Typeperf	Writes performance counter data to the command window or to a supported log file format.
waitfor	Synchronizes multiple computers across a network by using signals.
Where	Locates and displays all files that match the given parameter.
Whoami	Returns domain name, computer name, user name, group names, logon identifier, and privileges for the user who is currently logged on.
Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool	Eases the use of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and systems managed through WMI.