"Undocumented" Commands

in Windows NT 4, 2000 & XP

When browsing the book Universal Command Guide: For Operating Systems by Guy Lotgering (a gift I got from René Engelbart) I found some interesting commands:

 

ACINIUPD

ACINIUPD: utility to update the INI file.

ACINIUPD [ /e | /k ] [ /u ] [ /v ] ini_file section key new_value
/e
Update the value for the key in the section specified
/k
Update the key name with the new key name in the section specified
/u
Update INI file in user's windows directory (or any other directory) instead of system directory
/v
Verbose mode

ACINIUPD.EXE is located in the "%SystemRoot%\Application Compatibility Scripts" directory on Windows 2000 (Advanced) Server systems.

As Christoph Geiser found out and mailed to me (thanks):

... the command runs only on W2K Server and not on W2K Pro!
... it only works fine with admin permission. Only with the /u parameter you can use it with normal user rights.
... the syntax is something like:

ACINIUPD /e "d:\testdir\test.ini" "section1" test "5"
d:\testdir>type test.ini

[section1]

test=5

 

SFC

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Windows File Checker Version 5.00
© 1999 Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved

Scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

SFC [ /SCANNOW ]  [ /SCANONCE ]  [ /SCANBOOT ]  [ /CANCEL ]  [ /ENABLE ]  [ /PURGECACHE ]  [ /CACHESIZE=x ]  [ /QUIET ]
/SCANNOW
Scans all protected system files immediately
/SCANONCE
Scans all protected system files once at the next boot
/SCANBOOT
Scans all protected system files at every boot
/CANCEL
Cancels all pending scans of protected system files
/QUIET
Replaces all incorrect file versions without prompting the user
/ENABLE
Enables Windows File Protection for normal operation
/PURGECACHE
Purges the file cache and scans all protected system files immediately
/CACHESIZE=x
Sets the file cache size

 

TSSHUTDN

TSSHUTDN: Shut down a server in a controlled manner

TSSHUTDN.EXE [ wait_time ]  [ /SERVER:servername ]  [ /REBOOT | /POWERDOWN ]  [ /DELAY:logoffdelay ]  [ /V ]
wait_time
Seconds to wait after user notification before terminating all user sessions (default is 60)
/SERVER:servername
The server to shut down (default is current)
/REBOOT
Reboot the server after user sessions are terminated
/POWERDOWN
The server will prepare for powering off
/DELAY:logoffdelay
Seconds to wait after logging off all connected sessions (default is 30)
/V
Display information about actions being performed

TSSHUTDN.EXE is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32 directory on Windows 2000 (Advanced) Server systems.

More Terminal Server commands can be found on my Terminal Server Commands page.