This alias is a substitute for the cdd /s command that includes hidden directories: cdds=tree c:\ /b/h >c:\jpstree.idx This alias cleans up all those generated windows help files: cleanhlp=del /z/s c:\*.fts c:\*.gid This alias copies a file tto the windows clipboard: clip=copy %1 clip: These two aliases find files that have been added or changed in the last two hours or the last two minutes: dirnew=dir *.* /s/a/t/b/[d%_date,%_date]/[t-120,+120] dirnow=dir \*.* /s/a/t/b/[d%_date,%_date]/[t-2,+2] The two minute one starts in the root directory and helps track down the changes sometimes made by rogue shareware and self installing web downloads. This alias quickly connects my bedroom computer to my family room computer on my network. It defaults to the C: drive unless these is a "%1": frm=iff "%1"=="" then^net use * \\frm\c password^else^ net use * \\frm\%1 password This alias creates a directory in the root directory and changes to it: mcd=cd\^md\%1^cd\%1 This alias excludes a filespec from a command: no=if x%1==x (echo Syntax is: no    ) else (attrib %1 +h>nul^%2 %3 %4^ attrib %1 -h>nul) These aliases keep my printer behaving the way I like for most routine DOS printing jobs: print=myset^copy %1 lpt1^eject (prints the file the way I like) myset=reset^pc-8^8lpi^12cpi^lm (sets typeface and spacing) eject=echos f >prn^echo Page ejected!!! (gets the partial pages out)