Welcome to My Windows Cheatsheet
This page is a quick reference for common Windows administration tasks in Explorer, CMD, PowerShell and GUI tools.
📧 Contact information
Name: Ivan Lazic
Email: code@mycipher.net
Address: 11407 Selevac, Serbia
Contact form (example)
📂 Files & Explorer
Explorer & navigation
Win + E # Open File Explorer
Alt + ↑ # Go up one folder
Ctrl + L # Focus address bar
Ctrl + Shift + N # New folder
Ctrl + X / C / V # Cut / Copy / Paste
Shift + Delete # Delete without recycle bin
CMD file commands
dir # List files
dir /a # Show hidden/system
cd C:\Path\To\Folder # Change directory
copy a.txt b.txt # Copy file
move a.txt D:\Folder # Move file
del file.txt # Delete file
rmdir Folder /s /q # Remove folder & contents
xcopy src dest /E /H # Copy tree (old)
robocopy src dest /MIR # Mirror folder
Permissions / ACL
icacls file.txt # Show permissions
icacls file.txt /grant User:F # Grant full access
icacls folder /inheritance:r # Remove inheritance
icacls folder /reset # Reset ACLs
takeown /f folder /r /d y # Take ownership
🧑💻 Users & Groups
Local users (CMD)
net user # List local users
net user username * # Change password
net user username /add # Create user
net user username /active:no # Disable user
lusrmgr.msc # Local Users & Groups GUI
Local groups
net localgroup # List groups
net localgroup Administrators # Show members
net localgroup "Remote Desktop Users" username /add
net localgroup groupname username /delete
Domain / Active Directory (on domain-joined machines)
whoami /user # Show current user SID
whoami /groups # Show AD groups
runas /user:DOMAIN\admin cmd # Run as other user
dsa.msc # Active Directory Users & Computers
rsop.msc # Resultant Set of Policy
gpupdate /force # Refresh Group Policy
🌐 Network
IP configuration & info
ipconfig # Show IP config
ipconfig /all # Detailed info
ipconfig /release # Release DHCP
ipconfig /renew # Renew DHCP
getmac # Show MAC addresses
hostname # Show computer name
Troubleshooting tools
ping 8.8.8.8 # Test connectivity
ping server /t # Continuous ping
tracert host # Trace route
nslookup host # DNS lookup
netstat -ano # Open ports & PIDs
pathping host # Ping + trace
🖥️ System
System information
winver # Windows version GUI
systeminfo # Detailed system info
msinfo32 # System Information GUI
dxdiag # DirectX diagnostics
wmic os get Caption,Version # OS name & version
Services & processes
services.msc # Services GUI
taskmgr # Task Manager
tasklist # List processes
taskkill /PID 1234 /F # Kill process
sc query servicename # Query service
sc config servicename start=auto # Set auto start
Startup, event logs & tasks
msconfig # System config (startup)
taskschd.msc # Task Scheduler
eventvwr.msc # Event Viewer
cleanmgr # Disk Cleanup
sfc /scannow # Check system files
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth # Repair image
💻 PowerShell
Basic cmdlets
Get-Help cmdlet -Online # Help
Get-Command # List cmdlets
Get-Command *service* # Search commands
Get-Alias # See aliases
Get-ExecutionPolicy # Current policy
Files & folders
Get-ChildItem C:\ # List items (ls, dir)
Set-Location C:\Path # Change dir (cd)
Copy-Item a.txt b.txt # Copy file
Move-Item a.txt C:\Folder # Move file
Remove-Item file.txt # Delete
New-Item -ItemType Directory Folder # New folder
System & processes
Get-Process # List processes
Stop-Process -Name notepad -Force # Kill process
Get-Service # List services
Restart-Service Spooler # Restart service
Get-EventLog -LogName System -Newest 20 # Recent system logs
Restart-Computer # Restart PC