diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 9e150b84e816..bb40dff9f12e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * (Hadoop) Require CFRR batchSize to be at least 2 (CASSANDRA-6114)
  * Fix altering column types (CASSANDRA-6185)
  * cqlsh: fix CREATE/ALTER WITH completion (CASSANDRA-6196)
+ * add windows bat files for shell commands (CASSANDRA-6145)
 
 
 1.2.11
diff --git a/bin/cqlsh.bat b/bin/cqlsh.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e54aebf2bd72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cqlsh.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@echo off
+
+set DSDIR=%~dp0..
+
+"%DSDIR%\python\python.exe" "%DSDIR%\apache-cassandra\bin\cqlsh" %*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/debug-cql.bat b/bin/debug-cql.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d936f0afd7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/debug-cql.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+@REM
+@REM  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+@REM  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+@REM  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+@REM  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+@REM  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+@REM  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+
+@echo off
+if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_HOME set CASSANDRA_HOME=%~dp0..
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_CONF set CASSANDRA_CONF="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_MAIN set CASSANDRA_MAIN=org.apache.cassandra.transport.Client
+if NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME goto :err
+
+REM ***** JAVA options *****
+set JAVA_OPTS=^
+ -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties
+
+REM ***** CLASSPATH library setting *****
+
+REM Ensure that any user defined CLASSPATH variables are not used on startup
+set CLASSPATH="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+
+REM For each jar in the CASSANDRA_HOME lib directory call append to build the CLASSPATH variable.
+for %%i in ("%CASSANDRA_HOME%\lib\*.jar") do call :append "%%i"
+goto okClasspath
+
+:append
+set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%1
+goto :eof
+
+:okClasspath
+REM Include the build\classes\main directory so it works in development
+set CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\main";%CASSANDRA_CONF%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\thrift"
+
+set CASSANDRA_PARAMS=
+set TOOLS_PARAMS=
+
+goto runTool
+
+:runTool
+"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" %JAVA_OPTS% %CASSANDRA_PARAMS% -cp %CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH% "%CASSANDRA_MAIN%" %*
+goto finally
+
+:err
+echo JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set!
+pause
+
+:finally
+
+ENDLOCAL
diff --git a/bin/sstableloader.bat b/bin/sstableloader.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56786937b845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sstableloader.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+@REM
+@REM  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+@REM  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+@REM  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+@REM  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+@REM  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+@REM  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+
+@echo off
+if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_HOME set CASSANDRA_HOME=%~dp0..
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_CONF set CASSANDRA_CONF="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_MAIN set CASSANDRA_MAIN=org.apache.cassandra.tools.BulkLoader
+if NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME goto :err
+
+REM ***** JAVA options *****
+set JAVA_OPTS=^
+ -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties
+
+REM ***** CLASSPATH library setting *****
+
+REM Ensure that any user defined CLASSPATH variables are not used on startup
+set CLASSPATH="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+
+REM For each jar in the CASSANDRA_HOME lib directory call append to build the CLASSPATH variable.
+for %%i in ("%CASSANDRA_HOME%\lib\*.jar") do call :append "%%i"
+goto okClasspath
+
+:append
+set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%1
+goto :eof
+
+:okClasspath
+REM Include the build\classes\main directory so it works in development
+set CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\main";%CASSANDRA_CONF%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\thrift"
+
+set CASSANDRA_PARAMS=
+set TOOLS_PARAMS=
+
+goto runTool
+
+:runTool
+"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" %JAVA_OPTS% %CASSANDRA_PARAMS% -cp %CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH% "%CASSANDRA_MAIN%" %*
+goto finally
+
+:err
+echo JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set!
+pause
+
+:finally
+
+ENDLOCAL
diff --git a/bin/sstablemetadata.bat b/bin/sstablemetadata.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72e6506bcf4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sstablemetadata.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+@REM  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+@REM  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+@REM  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+@REM  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+@REM  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+@REM  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+
+@echo off
+
+setlocal
+
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_HOME set CASSANDRA_HOME=%CD%\..\..
+if NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME goto :err
+
+set CLASSPATH=""
+for %%i in ("%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\*.jar") do call :append "%%i"
+for %%i in ("%CASSANDRA_HOME%\lib\*.jar") do call :append "%%i"
+goto start
+
+:append
+set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%1
+goto :eof
+
+:start
+"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -cp %CLASSPATH% org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableMetadataViewer %*
diff --git a/bin/sstablescrub.bat b/bin/sstablescrub.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06f4c84e468c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sstablescrub.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+@REM
+@REM  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+@REM  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+@REM  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+@REM  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+@REM  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+@REM  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+
+@echo off
+if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_HOME set CASSANDRA_HOME=%~dp0..
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_CONF set CASSANDRA_CONF="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_MAIN set CASSANDRA_MAIN=org.apache.cassandra.tools.StandaloneScrubber
+if NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME goto :err
+
+REM ***** JAVA options *****
+set JAVA_OPTS=^
+ -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties
+
+REM ***** CLASSPATH library setting *****
+
+REM Ensure that any user defined CLASSPATH variables are not used on startup
+set CLASSPATH="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+
+REM For each jar in the CASSANDRA_HOME lib directory call append to build the CLASSPATH variable.
+for %%i in ("%CASSANDRA_HOME%\lib\*.jar") do call :append "%%i"
+goto okClasspath
+
+:append
+set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%1
+goto :eof
+
+:okClasspath
+REM Include the build\classes\main directory so it works in development
+set CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\main";%CASSANDRA_CONF%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\thrift"
+
+set CASSANDRA_PARAMS=
+set TOOLS_PARAMS=
+
+goto runTool
+
+:runTool
+"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" %JAVA_OPTS% %CASSANDRA_PARAMS% -cp %CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH% "%CASSANDRA_MAIN%" %*
+goto finally
+
+:err
+echo JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set!
+pause
+
+:finally
+
+ENDLOCAL
diff --git a/bin/sstablesplit.bat b/bin/sstablesplit.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef8867088c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sstablesplit.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+@REM
+@REM  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+@REM  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+@REM  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+@REM  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+@REM  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+@REM  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+
+@echo off
+if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_HOME set CASSANDRA_HOME=%~dp0..
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_CONF set CASSANDRA_CONF="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_MAIN set CASSANDRA_MAIN=org.apache.cassandra.tools.StandaloneSplitter
+if NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME goto :err
+
+REM ***** JAVA options *****
+set JAVA_OPTS=^
+ -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties
+
+REM ***** CLASSPATH library setting *****
+
+REM Ensure that any user defined CLASSPATH variables are not used on startup
+set CLASSPATH="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+
+REM For each jar in the CASSANDRA_HOME lib directory call append to build the CLASSPATH variable.
+for %%i in ("%CASSANDRA_HOME%\lib\*.jar") do call :append "%%i"
+goto okClasspath
+
+:append
+set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%1
+goto :eof
+
+:okClasspath
+REM Include the build\classes\main directory so it works in development
+set CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\main";%CASSANDRA_CONF%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\thrift"
+
+set CASSANDRA_PARAMS=
+set TOOLS_PARAMS=
+
+goto runTool
+
+:runTool
+"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" %JAVA_OPTS% %CASSANDRA_PARAMS% -cp %CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH% "%CASSANDRA_MAIN%" %*
+goto finally
+
+:err
+echo JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set!
+pause
+
+:finally
+
+ENDLOCAL
diff --git a/bin/sstableupgrade.bat b/bin/sstableupgrade.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c7892dd1764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sstableupgrade.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+@REM
+@REM  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+@REM  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+@REM  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+@REM  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+@REM  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+@REM  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+
+@echo off
+if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_HOME set CASSANDRA_HOME=%~dp0..
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_CONF set CASSANDRA_CONF="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+if NOT DEFINED CASSANDRA_MAIN set CASSANDRA_MAIN=org.apache.cassandra.tools.StandaloneUpgrader
+if NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME goto :err
+
+REM ***** JAVA options *****
+set JAVA_OPTS=^
+ -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties
+
+REM ***** CLASSPATH library setting *****
+
+REM Ensure that any user defined CLASSPATH variables are not used on startup
+set CLASSPATH="%CASSANDRA_HOME%\conf"
+
+REM For each jar in the CASSANDRA_HOME lib directory call append to build the CLASSPATH variable.
+for %%i in ("%CASSANDRA_HOME%\lib\*.jar") do call :append "%%i"
+goto okClasspath
+
+:append
+set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%1
+goto :eof
+
+:okClasspath
+REM Include the build\classes\main directory so it works in development
+set CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\main";%CASSANDRA_CONF%;"%CASSANDRA_HOME%\build\classes\thrift"
+
+set CASSANDRA_PARAMS=
+set TOOLS_PARAMS=
+
+goto runTool
+
+:runTool
+"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" %JAVA_OPTS% %CASSANDRA_PARAMS% -cp %CASSANDRA_CLASSPATH% "%CASSANDRA_MAIN%" %*
+goto finally
+
+:err
+echo JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set!
+pause
+
+:finally
+
+ENDLOCAL