The list below omits some of the more specialized tools, such as those for Active Directory. A complete list is here along with the free download. These tools are in addition to the large number of command-line utilities that are part of the default installation of Windows XP Professional. These additional tools require their own installation . (Not available for 64-bit Windows XP.)
A Selection of Windows XP Command-Line Support Tools
- acldiag.exe- manages access control lists
- activate.exe- Windows product activation
- apmstat.exe- provides status information on Advanced Power Management (APM) features.
- bindiff.exe- shows the differences between two binary files
- bitsadmin.exe- manages the Background Intelligent Transfer Service
- browstat.exe- a general purpose character-based browser diagnostic tool
- cabarc.exe- allows users to create, query and extract Windows cabinet (CAB) files.
- depends.exe- provides way to determine which DLLs an application depends on ( also known as “Dependency Walker”)
- dhcploc.exe- displays the DHCP servers active on your subnet
- diruse.exe- displays directory size information for NTFS volumes
- dmdiag.exe- displays system state and configuration information describing disk storage.
- dupfinder.exe- duplicate file finder
- efsinfo.exe- displays information about files that are encrypted with Encrypting File System (EFS) on NTFS partitions.
- extract.exe- a utility that allows you to extract all files or specific files contained within a cabinet (.cab) file
- filever.exe- displays information on the versions of executable files
- ipseccmd.exe- configures Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) policies
- memsnap.exe- takes a snapshot of the memory resources being consumed by all running processes and writes this information to a log file
- msicuu.exe- Windows Installer Clean Up Utility
- msizap.exe- removes either all Windows Installer information for a product or all products installed on a computer
- netcap.exe- monitors packets on a LAN and writes the information to a log file
- netdiag.exe- tests the network connectivity
- netset.exe- used to add, remove, or change the network configuration
- pfmon.exe- displays the faults that occur while executing a process
- pstat.exe- gives you information about the processes and drivers that are currently running on your computer.
- pviewer.exe- process viewer
- setx.exe- sets environment variables
- showaccs.exe- enables users to examine the access control lists (ACLs)
- timezone.exe- Daylight Saving Time Update Utility
- whoami.exe- displays the user name and security identifier (SID)
- windiff.exe- shows the differences between specified ASCII text files, or folders containing ASCII text files
- xcacls.exe- used to set all file-system security options that are accessible in Windows Explorer from the command line