If you’ve ever opened a command-line window on Windows and wondered which tool you should be using, you’re not alone. Between Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Terminal, knowing when to choose ...

I love Windows Terminal: it unifies PowerShell, Command Prompt and WSL into fast, keyboard-driven tabs. winget installs, updates, and uninstalls apps with one command—no hunting for installers. WSL ...

By typing simple, text-based commands into Windows' PowerShell, you can quickly install apps directly from the Microsoft ...

Last year Microsoft introduced a preview of Windows Package Manager, a utility that lets you install Windows applications from a command prompt. Basically it’s the Windows equivalent of the apt, yum, ...

A new command-line application, Windows Edit, is coming to Windows 11 as part of a bevy of tools aimed at developers and enthusiasts. But is a new tweak to WinGet the real star of the show? It’s hard ...

Microsoft's latest preview of the command line tool Windows Terminal, version 1.3, is now available for developers to test. As of June, Microsoft is releasing Windows Terminal as a more stable release ...

Many changes were made in Windows 10 but some changes haven’t been discussed much. One of those changes has to do with the Command Line, and as such, we will focus on that. Improvements to the Command ...

Operating systems need at least a minimum of maintenance to run properly over the long term. While some important tools are already included from Microsoft, many professionals want or need more ...

Something to look forward to: Windows' Command Prompt hasn't seen many major changes during its years-long existence, and that's probably because they haven't really been necessary. Though not the ...

If you immerse yourself in Microsoft history for long enough, you’ll come across more than one story about staff trying to add more command-line features to its operating systems. The plans go up the ...