When you open a program on your computer by double-clicking its icon, you are activating that program's .exe file and, thus, launching the program. When you launch PowerPoint, for example, you're ...

PowerShell is one of Microsoft's preferred tools for managing Windows Servers. Although it's easy to think of PowerShell as a local management tool, PowerShell can just as easily be used to manage ...

How to run remote commands on multiple Linux servers with Parallel-SSH Your email has been sent There's a command line tool for running multiple commands on multiple Linux servers at once. Jack Wallen ...

Navigate Windows quickly by mastering Command Prompt, the essential tool for running commands across various versions You can open Command Prompt using the search bar on the taskbar or Start menu. On ...

How to Easily Run Commands Inside a Running Docker Container Your email has been sent In Jack Wallen's How to Make Tech Work tutorial, he shows how using the Docker exec command provides you with more ...

Both the Windows and Linux operating systems include applications that would be useful for either operating system. Unfortunately, to use Linux programs in Windows, you would typically need to find ...

A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

In this post, we will learn how to open the Command Prompt window at the Login screen or Boot on your Windows PC. Command Prompt (cmd.exe) is the default command line interpreter for Windows. It is ...

You can use command-line parameters to launch Microsoft Excel from the Run dialog box or by configuring the command and switches in a desktop shortcut. Launch Excel with command-line switches from the ...

Is Windows 11 Search not good enough for you? Try PowerToys Command Palette, and here's how to get started.

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...