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* clip — Redirects output of command line tools to the Windows [[Clipboard (software)|clipboard]]. This text output can then be pasted into other programs.
* cmdkey — Creates, displays, and deletes stored user names and passwords from ''Credentials Manager''.
* [[diskpart]] — Expanded to support hard disks with the [[GUID Partition Table]], USB media, and a new "shrink" command has been added which facilitates shrinking a pre-existing [[NTFS]] partition.
* diskraid — Launches the Diskraid application.
* dispdiag — Display diagnostics.
* [[Cabinet (file format)|expand]] &mdash; Updated version of expand.exe that allows extracting <tt>.MSU</tt> files. MSU is a self-contained update format known as a 'Microsoft Update Standalone Installer'. MSU files use Intra-Package Delta (IPD) compression technology. IPD technology reduces the download size of an MSU file but still delivers a self-contained package that contains the updated files.<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928636 More information about IPD technology]</ref>
* [[forfiles]] &mdash; Selects a file (or set of files) and executes a command on that file. This is helpful for batch jobs.
* [[icacls]] &mdash; Updated version of [[cacls]]. Displays or modifies [[access control list]]s (ACLs) and DACLs of files and directories. It can also backup and restore them and set mandatory labels of an object for interaction with [[Mandatory Integrity Control]].
* iscsicli &mdash; Microsoft [[iSCSI]] Initiator.
* [[mklink]] &mdash; create, modify and delete [[NTFS junction point|junctions]], [[hard link]]s, and [[symbolic link]]s.
* muiunattend &mdash; [[Multilingual User Interface]] unattend actions.
* netcfg &mdash; [[Windows Preinstallation Environment|WinPE]] network installer.
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* tracerpt &mdash; Microsoft TraceRpt.
* waitfor &mdash; Sends, or waits for, a signal on a system. When /S is not specified, the signal will be broadcast to all the systems in a ___domain. If /S is specified, then the signal will be sent only to the specified system.
* [[wbadmin]] &mdash; Backup command-line tool.
* wecutil &mdash; ''Windows Event'' collector utility.
* wevtutil &mdash; ''Windows Event'' command line utility.