Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell are also simple and built-in options covered in this post for this purpose. We have already seen how to open a file or folder using Command Prompt or PowerShell.

If you want to send Command Output to Text file using Command Prompt, PowerShell or Windows Terminal, follow this guide.

If you want to open an Elevated Command Prompt, which is one that runs with Administrator privileges, you can see the How to open a Windows 10 Elevated Command Prompt article instead.

The "open" program is specific to OS X and lets you basically drag and drop a file with the -a command onto an application. This way it overrides the per-user OBJ open-with settings.

Robocopy is a built-in Windows 11 tool that allows you to copy files from one place to another. It’s a command-line tool, ...

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to get started creating and running your first batch file to automate tasks with Command Prompt commands on Windows 10.

Need to use third-party programs to open files on your PC? Here's how to change file associations in Windows 10 and choose which apps open which file types.