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On 29 September 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved from Cmd.exe to Command Prompt (Windows). The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 29 September 2026

Latest comment: 27 days ago3 comments3 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Thanks! —1isall (talk | contribs) 10:53, 6 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Cmd.exe → Command Prompt (Windows) – Per Wikipedia:Consistent and Wikipedia:Overprecise. cmd.exe is technically the file name for "Command Prompt" in Windows, but the program itself already has a proper name of it's own, "Command Prompt". Furthermore, most other specific windows programs and features have the string in the article name's end "(Windows)", like Control Panel (Windows), Mail (Windows), Calendar (Windows), Photos (Windows), and some more, so as to keep consistency with them rather than having the name of the .exe, and "cmd" is a shorthand for "Command" in the .exe name. Dylan240 (talk) 06:51, 29 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Agree - most if not all other articles for Windows apps that have a friendly name don't have their executable file name as the title. This includes other Windows apps like Windows Registry and Group Policy. Best regards, MikeM2011 (talk) 23:14, 29 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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