Download NirCmd, to control your computer
Excellence AwardNirCmd is a free and small command-line utility that allows you to do useful tasks without displaying any user interface.
By running NirCmd with a simple command-line option, you can write and delete values and keys in the Registry, write values into INI files, dial to your internet account or connect to a VPN network, restart windows or shut down the computer, create shortcuts to files, change the created/modified date of files, change your display settings, turn off your monitor, open the door of your CD-ROM drive, and more…
Examples:
Open the door of J: CD-ROM drive nircmd.exe cdrom open j:
Close the door of Y: CD-ROM drive nircmd.exe cdrom close y:
Speaks the text currently in the clipboard (For Windows XP and Vista). speak text ~$clipboard$
Increase the system volume by 2000 units (out of 65535) nircmd.exe changesysvolume 2000
Decrease the system volume by 5000 units (out of 65535) nircmd.exe changesysvolume -5000
Set the volume to the highest value nircmd.exe setsysvolume 65535
Mute the system volume nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 1
Unmute the system volume nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 0
Switch the system volume between the mute and normal state. nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 2
Create a shortcut on your desktop that switches the system volume between the mute and normal state. nircmd.exe cmdshortcut “~$folder.desktop$” “Switch Volume” mutesysvolume 2
Turn off the monitor nircmd.exe monitor off
Start the default screen saver nircmd.exe screensaver
Put your computer in ‘standby’ mode nircmd.exe standby
log off the current user nircmd.exe exitwin logoff
Ask if you want to reboot, and if you answer ‘Yes’, reboot the computer. nircmd.exe qboxcom “Do you want to reboot ?” “question” exitwin reboot
Turn off your computer nircmd.exe exitwin poweroff
Turn off all computers specified in computers.txt ! multiremote copy “c:\temp\computers.txt” exitwin poweroff force
And more….
NirCmd works in all Windows operating systems.
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