How to Setup and Use Nircmd

Nircmd is probably the most powerful
command line tool by which you can perform
hundreds of tasks. All you need to do is
download the Nircmd.exe file on your
computer and place it in a proper directory. It
will make your command prompt line very
powerful and so that you can perform
countless numbers of tasks by using command
prompt.
You can open the door of DVD drive, make
your computer speak the text currently in the
clipboard, increase or decrease system volume,
mute, un-mute your computer, turn off
monitor, log off the current user, turn off your
computer, hide your internet explorer windows,
hide the desktop window, hide/show clock on
system tray, disable/enable your screensaver,
and many other tasks. Here is the method to
setup and use this tool.
Download nircmd  here
Extract all the three files given inside zip file
using any file extractor tool.
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After extracting the file to anywhere on your
desktop, click on the 33 KB nircmd.exe. It will
show you the dialog box as shown in the
screenshot below. Click on the “Copy to
Windows Directory” button.
copy nircmd windows How To Setup And Use
In the next dialog box, click on the “Yes”
button.
copy nircmd windows directory How To Setup
It will copy the nircmd.exe file inside the
Windows folder of the C drive. Now you don’t
need to mention the path of nircmd.exe while
giving the command.
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That’s how you can setup this powerful tool.
How to use Nircmd command line tool
Click on Start button or win+ r and type cmd
in the search box. Click on the result or press
Enter.
Now enter the following command in the cmd
command prompt
nircmd.exe cdrom open e:
Note: In my computer letter E is assigned to
DVD drive. If any other letter assigned to that
drive in your computer then you have to type
that letter in the command. For example, if
letter assigned to your computer’s drive is J
then enter this command
nircmd.exe cdrom open j
It will open the door of your DVD drive.
Similarly you can use the below given
command to mute the system volume.
nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 1
There are hundreds of commands you can give
using command prompt. The download page
contains all the commands available in
Nircmd.