PowerShell vs CMD: the Difference Explained
In Windows 10, the “traditional” command prompt that we’ve been using for years (dozens of years, to be exact) has been replaced by PowerShell. Of course, you can still call good old cmd.exe, but all menus and hotkeys now contain PowerShell as a default option, instead of CMD. Let’s sort things out: why did this happen and what’s the difference between these console applications? Continue reading