Interactive Command Prompt Reference
The Command Prompt in PC Matic Pro is available from the Actions section for an online device. This is a 32bit command prompt operating out of the SysWow folder with administrator privileges. You can use the command prompt to carry out a wide variety of actions, but we have included some suggested commands below that may be beneficial.
| Command Script Syntax | Administrative Description |
| ipconfig | Check IP information for this device. |
| dir | View the current directory mapping list. |
| cd | Change to another working system directory tree path. |
| sc start "PCPitstop Realtime" | Start the real-time background protection engine service core. |
| sc stop "PCPitstop Realtime" | Stop the real-time background protection engine service core. |
| ping [target_ip] | Ping another IP address destination connection framework rule target. |
| ver | Check the current Windows OS version environment compilation details. |
| tasklist.exe | Check all active running tasks processing in system environment memory. |
| taskkill /IM [taskname.exe] /F | Forcefully terminate a running system task binary structure. |
| schtasks /delete /tn "task name" /f | Force clean delete a configured system scheduled task entry. |
| powershell -Command "restart-service 'PCPitstop Scheduling' -force" | Force a full hard administrative restart of the primary scheduling controller service via shell calls. |
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%SystemRoot%\Sysnative\msg.exe * [Message text here] %SystemRoot%\System32\msg.exe * [Message text here] |
Send a text alert popup message box to a targeted user workspace session interface (Sysnative for 64-bit, System32 for 32-bit environments). |
Additional Diagnostic Queries:
• Show SuperShield version number:
wmic datafile where name="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PCPitstop\\SuperShield\\PCMaticRT.exe" get Version /value
• Stop/Start PC Matic Pro's Scheduling service:
sc stop "PCPitstop Scheduling" && sc start "PCPitstop Scheduling"
• WMIC service lifecycle start/stop variants:
wmic SERVICE WHERE Name="PCPitstop Scheduling" call startservice
wmic SERVICE WHERE Name="PCPitstop Scheduling" call stopservice