9.1. Command Prompt

You can open the Command Prompt by clicking its icon in the All Programs portion of your Start menu, or by typing cmd into the Start menu Search box and pressing Enter. When you open a Command Prompt window, you’ll see a window that looks like the one shown in Figure 9-1. The cursor indicates the command line (where commands are typed), and the prompt usually shows the current working directory (here, C:\Users\Cory\AppData\Local), followed by a caret (>).