

You cannot run CMD files in COMMAND.COM, like you may do with BAT files, so that you do not incorrectly execute commands in the wrong Windows environment. You can run the commands stored in a CMD file in Windows by double-clicking the file or executing it in the Command Prompt ( CMD.EXE) utility. The scripts are often created to perform repetitive tasks that require multiple steps, such as opening and converting a file in a program, creating a backup of a file, or setting the computer to sleep at a certain time. CMD files were introduced in the early 1990s with the release of Windows NT and can still be run by later Windows operating systems.
