Getting to the command line in Windows 8

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How can I open a command line prompt in Windows 8 (Consumer Preview)?

Simon Sheehan · Answer 1 · 2012-03-06T19:48:31.187

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Go to the search in metro (Or open the start menu, if you have one) and type cmd or cmd.exe. This can also be entered in Run, which can be launched with Windows Key + R

It should be listed under your apps as "Command Prompt."

It's still located in C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

edited Mar 06 '12 at 19:48

answered Mar 06 '12 at 03:30

Simon Sheehan

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score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '12 at 04:15

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Windows+X or right clicking the lower left bottom is an faster way to get to a lot of handy things.

Then just click on the item using your mouse, arrow keys or hit the first letter till you get to the entry.

answered Mar 06 '12 at 04:15

Tamara Wijsman

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '12 at 05:16

This is a variation on @Simon Sheehan's answer to "search in metro" I guess, but I just found out that in the Metro start screen, you can type any letter to start a search, without moving the mouse anywhere special. And the search defaults to Apps, so a simple c takes me to "Command Prompt". (And if not, you can continue typing omm, that should do it).

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 07 '12 at 04:54

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Press the Win+X key combo on the Metro screen or Desktop and you can open a command prompt or an admin command prompt from the context menu.

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edited Mar 07 '12 at 04:54

Moab

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answered Mar 06 '12 at 08:06

Taylor Gibb

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Getting to the command line in Windows 8

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