Open a Command Prompt.
Type the following command and then press ENTER:
Regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll
This command will register schmmgmt.dll on your computer.
Click Start, click Run, type mmc /a, and then click OK.
On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then click Add.
Under Available Standalone Snap-ins, double-click Active Directory Schema, click Close, and then click OK.
To save this console, on the File menu, click Save.
In Save in, point to the systemroot\system32 directory.
In File name, type schmmgmt.msc, and then click Save.
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Start > Run > dsa.msc
Active Directory Users and Computers is a snap-in. A snap-in cannot be started from a command line or from "Start" "run" it has to be started from an MMC (Microsoft Management Console). If you do not know how to create a Custom MMC let me know an I will walk you through those steps. you can use dsa.msc
Rmdir or Rd
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dsa.msc its a MMC snap in
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diskmgmt.msc
A directory is just an older term for a file folder, and a way to organize files. In DOS or a command line console, you would type CD and the name of the directory to change into it.
The attrib command is a Recovery Console command used to change the file attributes for a file or directory while in Recovery Console. An attrib command is also available from the Command Prompt. attrib [+r|-r] [+s|-s] [+h|-h] [+c|-c] [filename] +r = This assigns the read-only file attribute to the file or directory. -r = This removes the read-only attribute. +s = This assigns the system file attribute to the file or directory. -s = This removes the system attribute. +h = This assigns the hidden file attribute to the file or directory. -h = This removes the hidden attribute. +c = This assigns the compressed file attribute to the file or directory. -c = This removes the compressed attribute. filename = This is the file or directory that you are wanting to change the attributes of.
The attrib command is a Recovery Console command used to change the file attributes for a file or directory while in Recovery Console. An attrib command is also available from the Command Prompt. attrib [+r|-r] [+s|-s] [+h|-h] [+c|-c] [filename] +r = This assigns the read-only file attribute to the file or directory. -r = This removes the read-only attribute. +s = This assigns the system file attribute to the file or directory. -s = This removes the system attribute. +h = This assigns the hidden file attribute to the file or directory. -h = This removes the hidden attribute. +c = This assigns the compressed file attribute to the file or directory. -c = This removes the compressed attribute. filename = This is the file or directory that you are wanting to change the attributes of.
When you create an application directory partition, you are creating the first instance of this partition. You can create an application directory partition by using the create ncoption in the domain management menu of Ntdsutil. When creating an application directory partition using LDP or ADSI, provide a description in the description attribute of the domain DNS object that indicates the specific application that will use the partition. For example, if the application directory partition will be used to store data for a Microsoft accounting program, the description could be Microsoft accounting application. Ntdsutil does not facilitate the creation of a description. To create or delete an application directory partition 1. Open Command Prompt. 2. Type:ntdsutil 3. At the ntdsutil command prompt, type:domain management 4. At the domain management command prompt, do one of the following: · To create an application directory partition, type:create ncApplicationDirectoryPartitionDomainControllerAnswer:Start >> RUN>> CMD >> type there "NTDSUTIL" Press Enter Ntdsutil: domain management Press Enter Domain Management: Create NC dc=, dc=, dc=com Use the DnsCmd command to create an application directory partition. To do this, use the following syntax: DnsCmd ServerName /CreateDirectoryPartition FQDN of partition To create an application directory partition that is named CustomDNSPartition on a domain controller that is named DC-1, follow these steps: # Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. # Type the following command, and then press ENTER:dnscmd DC-1 /createdirectorypartition CustomDNSPartition.contoso.com When the application directory partition has been successfully created, the following information appears: DNS Server DC-1 created directory partition: CustomDNSPartition.contoso.com Command completed successfully.Configure an additional domain controller that is acting as a DNS server to host the new application directory partition that you created. To do this, use the following syntax with the DnsCmd command: DnsCmd ServerName /EnlistDirectoryPartition FQDN of partition To configure the example domain controller that is named DC-2 to host this custom application directory partition, follow these steps: # Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. # Type the following command, and then press ENTER:dnscmd DC-2 /enlistdirectorypartition CustomDNSPartition.contoso.com The following information appears: DNS Server DC-2 enlisted directory partition: CustomDNSPartition.contoso.com Command completed successfully.
Not sure what you mean by 'directory works' but a common command is 'ls' to see what is in the directory.