Howto register Dll and Exe in command-line

To un/register Dll:
c:\>regsvr32 "C:\Windows\System32\My.dll"
c:\>regsvr32 /u "C:\Windows\System32\My.dll"

To un/register Exe:
c:\>"C:\Program Files\MyAppLocation\My.exe" /REGSERVER
c:\>"C:\Program Files\MyAppLocation\My.exe" /UNREGSERVER

to kill a process from taskmanager from command-line

First you should check that process is really found at taskmanager. You can list processes with command TASKLIST. To kill a process use TASKKILL.
E.g. c:\>tasklist
To kill a process if you know it's process id (PID)
E.g. c:\>taskkill /pid 12345
To kill a process if you only know it's name
E.g. c:\>taskkill /im "winamp.exe"
To find a process if you know partial name
E.g. c:\>tasklist /fi "imagename eq win*"
For more examples
E.g. c:\>tasklist /?
E.g. c:\>taskkill /?

Windows Vista by command-line : openfiles

Openfiles command is usefull tool to query open and shared files.

E.g.
C:\>openfiles /query /v
C:\>openfiles /?

original link techrepublic.com

Windows Vista by command-line : systeminfo

With systeminfo command-line tool you can get some technical information and Service Packs (Hotfixes) installed on your Xp or Vista.

E.g.
This will collect all the data and outputs it to file systeminfo.log. It will be opened also.
c:\>systeminfo > systeminfo.log && start systeminfo.log

Original link: techrepublic.com

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