Creating Files Using Windows DOS Commands

This will teach you how to use some basic Windows DOS commands. We will navigate to our desktop, create a folder, and create a file within that folder.

This will open your command line prompt. It will usually look like a big black or white box with a blinking cursor inside.

This will display all the directories (folders at your current directory level). Normally your computer starts you at the user level. Look through the list, desktop should be listed, if it is not feel free to use a different folder in the following steps.

The cd (change directory) command is how we navigate to different directories (folders) in in our command line prompts. Your command line should now say desktop before your cursor. We are now ready to create another folder.

You can put your own name, or whatever you would like to name your new folder in place of YourName.

mkdir is the make directory command. After pressing enter, we can now check if we have succeeded.

This will move you into the directory you just created.

If prompted to create a new notepad file select yes.

This will open a new notepad file.

This will display what is written in the file you created.