Learn how to run CMD command on startup automatically in Windows 11/10. Use Task Scheduler to run any CMD command at startup.

If you want to open the Command Prompt window on your Login screen or the Boot screen in Windows, here are different ways to do it.

If you want to open an Elevated Command Prompt, which is one that runs with Administrator privileges, you can see the How to open a Windows 10 Elevated Command Prompt article instead.

You can open Cmd, a traditional DOS (disk operating system) style command line, the newer Windows PowerShell environment or use a terminal emulator to connect to a command line on another computer.

Different methods to open Command Prompt in Windows 11 The built-in command prompt app in Windows OS can be accessed in many different ways.

If you want to execute a task from the command line in Windows, you first have to open Command Prompt. Here are 11 ways to do that.