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Read the How to Master the Command Prompt in Windows 10 (Links to an external site

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Read the How to Master the Command Prompt in Windows 10 (Links to an external site.) article, and complete Steps 1-6 below. As you explore the command prompt based on information in this article, pay attention to the following points as you move through the article:

• Try the multiple ways to open the command prompt in Windows 10.
• In section 1 Always Open As Administrator, when you do a system search for cmd, and then right-click, select Run as administrator.
• Skip section 6 Drag and Drop Files For Input. (These steps did not work for me.)

Use the Command-line Reference A-Z (Links to an external site.) to complete Steps 7 and 8.

Use the How to Use the Command Prompt in Windows 10 (Links to an external site.) article to complete Steps 9 and 13. Feel free to look up syntax of any command in the Command-line Reference A-Z (Links to an external site.).

Complete the steps below, saving documents as requested. Respond to questions in a separate Word document named, commandpromptanswers.docx.

1. Change your power user menu to show Command Prompt rather than Windows PowerShell. What setting did you use?
2. Get help for the ipconfig command. What characters do you add to the command to get help?
3. Output the results of the ipconfig to the clipboard. What characters did you add to the command?
4. Paste the results of the ipconfig command into a Word document. Save the Word document as, ipconfig results.docx.
5. Execute the ipconfig command and the tree command at the same time. What characters did you add to the command?
6. Output the results of the tree command to the clipboard. Paste the results of the tree command into a Word document. Save the Word document as, tree results.docx.
7. Look up the syntax for the ipconfig command. When ipconfig is used without any parameters, what information is displayed?
8. Look up the syntax for the chkdsk command. What parameter performs an exhaustive check even if the drive is not marked for chkdsk to run?
9. Run the help command. Describe what appears on the screen.
10. Type tracert /? at the command prompt. Describe the results that are returned on your screen.
11. Output the results of the netstat command to the clipboard. Paste the results of the netstat command into a Word document. Save the Word document as, netstat results.docx.
12. Output the results of the tasklist command to the clipboard. Paste the results of the tasklist command into a Word document. Save the Word document as, tasklist results.docx.
13. Use the exit command to close the Command Prompt window.

Upload the commandpromptanswers.docx, ipconfig results.docx, tree results.docx, netstat results.docx and tasklist results.docx files here.