In the early days of COMMAND.COM, the number of commands that it provided was limited. So an enterprising company created something called 4DOS, which was basically a drop-in replacement for COMMAND.COM that implemented all the existing commands plus lots more. Over the decades, 4DOS became 4NT and then TCC (Take Command Console). And TCC is still available today, as both a commercial and a free version.
The free version, while not as feature-laden as the paid-for one, still has over 100 additional commands, on top of what the built-in CMD.EXE provides. Such as the MEMORY command, shown below. So if, like me, you're still a command-line junkie, and you want something that's more powerful than CMD.EXE but not as difficult to learn as PowerShell, why not try the free version of TCC? It's called TCC/LE, is available in both 32- and 64-bit flavours, runs under Windows XP and above, and you can get it from http://jpsoft.com/tccle-cmd-replacement.html.
TCC/LE is a 6 MB download, and virus-free according to the latest VirusTotal check. And it will exist happily on your Windows system without affecting the availability of your existing command prompt, so you can easily switch between them as you wish.
TAGS: command line, TCC,free,freeware,cmd.software
