5 Best Command prompt Tricks

Before moving futher with the Tricks, let me show you how to Open Command prompt in various Windows versions.

Press Win + R keys to open up RUN, type in CMD and press enter to open Command Prompt.

OR

Simply Search for CMD or Command prompt and click on it to open Command Prompt in your Windows PC

1. Change Colours in CMD:

By default CMD have Black Background, but you can change its Background Color and font color too. Follow the Below steps to Play with Colors in Command prompt.

Step 1: Open Command prompt

Step 2. Type in Color 3 to change the Font color to Green. Different Colors have thier own different Codes. here are some Codes that you can try and use

0 = Black

1 = Blue

2 = Green

3 = Aqua

4 = Red

5 = Purple

6 = Yellow

7 = White

8 = Gray

9 = Light Blue

A = Light Green

B = Light Aqua

C = Light Red

D = Light Purple

E = Light Yellow

F = Bright White

Step 3: To change the Background Color of your CMD, simply Right Click on Top of your CMD and choose Properties.

Step 4: Now Click on Colors tab to choose your favourite color as Background color.

2. Check your I.P address and more about your internet.

With the help of Command Prompt you can easily find your IP address and DNS servers, command prompt will also return a ton of information like your host name, primary DNS suffix, node type, whether IP Routing, Wins Proxy, and DHCP are enabled, your network adapter`s description, your physical(MAC) address.

Step 1: Open CMD

Step 2 : Type in ipconfig /all

This will show you all the details about your internet Connection just like that.