How to run Linux programs in a Windows 10 command prompt Last week we explained how you could launch Windows 10 programs within a WSL Linux distribution.

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.

Over time, the need to fire up the Command Prompt has waned—but a handful of its commands remain easier to use than Windows 10's graphical equivalents.