so differences are very technical and i dont understand any of this: What is the difference between CMD and Powershell? - Quora
but basically just wanted to know
1. what does fully admin elevated cmd prompt Commonly do that powershell doesnt ?
2. does powershell do all common things admin cmd prompt does ?
3. if it does, then why doesnt ps do /ipconfig ? cos tried it and it didnt work...
PowerShell is a properly designed programming scheme.
Windows commands used in the Command prompt & in batch files are a collection of individual commands with no unifying policy, no version identification let alone version control and precious little up-to-date documentation.
Elevation means the same in both - elevation [Admin permission to proceed] is required for any command that has the ability to affect other users of the computer.
PowerShell is much more capable than Command prompt commands.
- PowerShell has it own commands but it can also run most of the commands you might use in a Command window. But there is no documentation about which ones work - the only way to find out is to try them.
- I have just run ipconfig in a Command window and then in a PowerShell window. It worked in both and gave the same response in both.
If you are going to spend time & effort studying one of them, make it PowerShell. I can post some links to guides if you want.
Denis
oh ok thx that is the important part to know
looks like needed a space before /
ipconfig /all
but in cmd prompt you can do
ipconfig/all
and it still works so that was the problem was #3
another key problem is all the tech support sites on web is showing cmd prompt stuff, that makes using powershell hard to use,
but since it does 'most' like.. 90%... i guess it should be fine in future, guess willl find out over time
As has been said above, 'Elevated' just means that it has been 'run as administrator' and has the permissions that go with that.
If you want to switch a Powershell window to being a Command prompt, just type CMD and hit the Enter key. When you want to switch back type EXIT. It works the other way too, you can equally well type Powershell in a Command Prompt window to switch it to Powershell.
In addition:
1. Doing something in powershell is much easier and requires less effort and less writing.
2. You can use .NET types and classes in powershell which makes powershell programming language if you want.
3. powershell and .NET documentation is easier to follow, there are many tutorials and samples, so easier to learn
4. powershell "core" is cross platform, CMD is windows only
5. you can debug powershell code, dealing with errors is much easier
6. powershell is constantly updated with new features, CMD isn't
not sure for cmd but there are gotchas, ex. you can't take ownership with elevated powershell if you have no permissions to do so, but there are workarounds to grant higher privileges to powershell process once it's elevated.what does fully admin elevated cmd prompt Commonly do that powershell doesnt ?
yes, at a minimum it can do all that + many other things which would take significant effort with cmd many of which not possible at all.does powershell do all common things admin cmd prompt does ?
These are commands that are commonly run in the BSOD forum:
1) Open administrative command prompt (ACP) and type or copy and paste:
2) sfc /scannow
3) dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
4) dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
5) sfc /scannow
6) chkdsk /scan
7) wmic recoveros set autoreboot = false
8) wmic recoveros set DebugInfoType = 7
9) wmic recoveros get autoreboot
10) wmic recoveros get DebugInfoType
11) bcdedit /enum {badmemory}
12) When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread
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Some OP attempt to run the commands using PS.
All except the bcedit commands work with either ACP or PS.
The bcdedit command would need to be modified to run in PS.
good info here if anyone needs it keep ref
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