How to edit text files directly from Command Prompt and PowerShell

You can now use Microsoft Edit to create and edit text files directly in Command Prompt or PowerShell without switching apps, ...
XDA Developers on MSN

6 ways PowerShell is better than Command Prompt

Command Prompt (CMD) has been around since Windows NT, and almost everyone who uses Windows is familiar with it. It is a ...
Lifehacker

Replace PowerShell with the Command Prompt in Windows 8.1s Win+X Menu

Windows 8.1 brought a few changes to the handy Win+X menu, including a new Shut Down option and the addition of PowerShell shortcuts. If you're more of a command prompt user, though, you can bring the ...
Network World

Microsoft is replacing the CMD prompt with PowerShell

One of the last vestiges of the old MS-DOS days, the Command Prompt, is looking like an endangered species. The latest Windows 10 preview build puts the Windows PowerShell, first introduced on Windows ...
Hexus

Latest Windows 10 build makes PowerShell default command line

Late last week Microsoft issued a new build of Windows 10 to its 'Insiders'. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14971 for PC was released to the fast ring and made a change to a long standing constant ...
Computerworld

Introduction to Windows PowerShell

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...
MCPmag

Parsing Command-Line Output with PowerShell

When writing PowerShell scripts, in a perfect world, we'd all just use cmdlets and functions. After all, the batch file days are behind us! Unfortunately, that's not always possible or even the best ...