Windows Shell / Useful Command Examples
This page provides examples of useful Windows commands. The commands can be run from the command line or used in a batch files. See also Useful Batch File Examples.
Find the Locations of a Program
It is useful to confirm which program is being run,
especially when multiple versions exist.
Use the where
program to search the PATH environment variable for all occurences of the program.
This is similar to the Linux which command.
The name of the program to be found can be any executable program, with or without file extension.
> where cmd
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe