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Windows equivalent of whereis?

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Mar 15, 2026198611 views
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Is there an equivalent of the Unix whereis command in Windows? So that I could figure out where commands I can run actually is.

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The where command does what you want and goes back at least to the resource kit for Windows 98, and is included by default in Server 2003, Vista, and newer: If executed with no arguments (on Vista), it results in one of my favorite messages: If executing in PowerShell, be sure to include '.exe' to distinguish from any 'where' aliases or scripts along the path. ('where' is a typical alias for Where-Object.ps1)

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