Granted, piping in commands like this doesn't save that much time over running cmd.exe, typing ping google.com, then exiting the command prompt, but it does trim down the process and makes ...

Opening the Command Prompt and running some commands every time is somewhat a tedious job. Are you also bored of using it constantly? If yes, then why not use a double-clickable desktop shortcut ...

If you want to execute a task from the command line in Windows, you first have to open Command Prompt. Here are 11 ways to do that.

Learn how to enable or disable command prompt using Group Policy Editor or Registry for non-admins. Set GPO to Prevent access to CMD. Tweak DisableCMD in Registry.