Nircmd - Freeware Windows command-line tool

Today one of my workmates told me about the Nircmd command-line tool from NirSoft, and I thought it deserved a post in my blog because its strength to modify from turning off your computer to hiding the start button on the system try.

NirCmd is a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface. By running NirCmd with simple command-line option, you can write and delete values and keys in the Registry, write values into INI file, dial to your internet account or connect to a VPN network, restart windows or shut down the computer, create shortcut to a file, change the created/modified date of a file, change your display settings, turn off your monitor, open the door of your CD-ROM drive, and more... 

  You can download the last version of the application from here.