Well, it's way beyond sucks. But ok: is it even possible to run windows with just a command line ... no ui, no graphics, start menu, no file manager or is the ui too integrated into the OS?
> is it even possible to run windows with just a command line
Docker supports Windows containers [0], but this requires a Windows host so it probably doesn't help you too much. Windows PE [1] does support a GUI, but it doesn't include any of the traditional shell components. Nano Server [2] is the closest to what you're talking about, but it's been deprecated.
> start menu, no file manager or is the ui too integrated into the OS
Windows Phone [3], Windows IoT [4], and Xbox are all NT-based, and none of them include a traditional file manager or shell, but they all do have GUIs.
Well, it's way beyond sucks. But ok: is it even possible to run windows with just a command line ... no ui, no graphics, start menu, no file manager or is the ui too integrated into the OS?