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The following are 21 of the best CMD commands you should know if you want to have more control over your Windows PC. 1. ASSOC: Fix File Associations One of the most powerful tools in the CMD command library is the ASSOC command. Your computer associates certain file extensions with certain programs. This is how your computer knows to open Adobe when you double click a PDF file, or Microsoft Word when you double click a DOC file. You can view all the file associations your computer knows about by typing  ASSOC  in the command window. You’ll see the file extension and the program it’s associated with. You can set the association by typing something like  assoc .doc=Word.Document.8 . 2. FC: File Compare Sometimes when files are changed over time, it’s hard to remember what the differences were between versions. You may not know that a CMD command offers the ability to compare files and see all differences, but it’s true. The  FC  command...