Linux has spoiled me over the last 26 years concerning installing applications, as it has had a command-line package installation program (apt-get) since 1999. Apt-get made it incredibly easy to ...

While you can do almost everything you need in Windows by clicking around, it’s worth your time to learn a selection of Windows' many commands. You don’t need to be scared of text-based commands; many ...

Maybe WSL did it better all along.

The WinGet command, which taps into the Windows Package Manager, makes it a breeze to keep applications up to date in Windows 10 and 11. Here’s how to use it. For more than two years, I’ve been ...

The Windows Command Prompt can be a little intimidating if you didn’t grow up using DOS — and even then, it’s been long enough since DOS was relevant that you may have forgotten. Below we’ll cover ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Sometimes when something breaks in Windows, I skip the Settings app and go straight to Command Prompt. Five built-in commands handle the bulk of common ...

Windows, Microsoft, and third-party software makers supply numerous useful tools for the command line — but these are not always easy to use. Graphical user interfaces (GUI), on the other hand, ...