CommanDOS

While the DOS operating system is already part of history, there are still users who are nostalgic about that particular working environment and enjoy working with the command-line interface in Windows. Evidently, we are talking about more tech-savvy users who are familiar with system control commands and know how to use the console at its full potential. For all the others, CommanDOS has been created.

CommanDOS provides a rather simple utility that assigns one-click buttons to some of the most commonly used system and network management commands. In other words, users don’t have to type in a command and know the syntax since there is a button to execute that particular task.

The main advantage of CommanDOS is its graphical user interface, which is much more suitable for a beginner who now learns the basics of Windows and network management. The application provides a one-window GUI, full of buttons that execute various operations, which are organized in three different categories, namely system, network and miscellaneous. This allows the user to run a command with the mouse, without requiring the Windows console.

System commands enable the users to view detailed information about the configuration of the OS and repair system files. With a single click, one can launch Powershell and the Powershell editor, open the IExpress Wizard to create executable files and open the list of active services and processes.

Windows 10 users have a dedicated toolset to run various useful commands. For instance, the Windows Store can be restored in case it is not running properly, the Start Menu can be repaired, and a full system reboot can be initiated. There are also a few control tasks for the Windows Image.

Network-related and other commands   Moving on to the network–related features, CommanDOS allows network interrogation and comes with pinging and tracerouting commands, management tools for connections and network sharing or viewing of all the environment variables.

CommanDOS also brings to the table file and directory management commands and, besides those, it features FAT to NTFS conversion, integrity checking of connected drives, data restore capabilities and partition management tools.

CommanDOS provides a more convenient manner of executing DOS commands, convenient in the sense that the command-line interface is not used. It features some of the most commonly used commands so there is nothing to reproach it in this manner. Nevertheless, more advanced users probably won’t be thrilled to use it, since it offers no possibility to run commands with additional parameters.