Tldr: Let's get the new windows section started!

[sbrl]

As a sort of celebration of the new windows platform folder, here's a list of 10 useful commands that are specific to windows machines.

• [x] sfc
• [x] sigverif
• [x] driverquery
• [x] nslookup
• [x] ping
• [x] pathping
• [x] ipconfig
• [x] repair-bde
• [x] tasklist
• [x] taskkill

_From this tech republic article_

[itsjzt]

some more are

• [x] cls
• [x] color
• [x] set
• [x] systeminfo
• [x] tree
• [x] wmic

[Leandros]

You forgot the most import ones!

• [x] dir
• [x] xcopy
• [x] rmdir
• [x] del
• [x] set (yes, set)
• [x] cmd
• [x] mkdir / md
• [x] reg
• [x] findstr
• [x] doskey

it would be useful, to have their unix equivalents act as aliases, for example, cp would redirect to xcopy, rm would redirect to del, cd would redirect to dir, you get the idea.

and the most important one:

• [ ] How to install gnu coreutils

[sbrl]

Good thinking, @Leandros! Not sure about How to install gnu coreutils though - unless that's a command.

[Leandros]

More or less a joke. The gnu coreutils are all available on Windows, and work lovely. Often better than their Windows "native" counterparts, unfortunately.

[sbrl]

Ah, ok! Yeah, they are really good, aren't they?

_(Sorry, I sometimes miss jokes :P)_

[owenvoke]

@sbrl, the sigverif command is just a GUI and has no options. Should that still be added?

[Leandros]

Added a couple more tools to the lest, including the super useful doskey.

[sbrl]

@pxgamer Hrm, good question. If it has no options at all, then I'm not sure it would be particularly useful as a page - except to ensure people that its behaviour can be altered through the use of flags. Someone can go ahead if they want I guess!

@agnivade, thoughts?

[agnivade]

We do have a lot of pages for GUI. Check rainbowstream and rtv. Originating from this issue - https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/issues/1162.

We can go ahead with sigverify.

[owenvoke]

@agnivade, fine with me. 👍

[agnivade]

We just have one page wmic left to close this issue. Anybody wants to take a stab ?

[owenvoke]

@agnivade, I might have a look tomorrow or Monday. :+1:

I seem to remember I didn't create it at one point because it has so many commands available.

[sbrl]

We might have to do a git on it...

[zlatanvasovic]

Anyone up to finish this? I haven't used Windows actively in years, so I can't help with a command as specific as wmic.

[ivanhercaz]

Anyone up to finish this? I haven't used Windows actively in years, so I can't help with a command as specific as wmic.

If someone usually uses Windows, really nice! If not, sometimes I have to use Windows or help to some familiar with a Windows issue, so I could try to test this command and try to write a page (of course, only if I consider my knowledge enough to write it).

[sbrl]

It's a pretty extensive command if I recall correctly. It might even end up warranting a whole suite of pages :P

[sbrl]

:tada: