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Command Prompt - Personalize

How to Personalize the Command Prompt Window
Published 29 Dec 2009

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How to Personalize the Command Prompt Window

Information

This tutorial will show you how to personalize the Command Prompt window with the items below:

Fonts
Colour
Cursor Size
Layout

Example:

Command Prompt - Personalize-capture4.png

Here's How:

1. Open a Command Prompt Window by going to Start and typing CMD and then pressing enter.

2. Right-click the top of the windows where it says "Administrator: C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe".

3. Click "Properties".

4. From the pop-up windows personalize what you want, by going to the different tabs.

5. Press OK to save your changes.

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30 Dec 2009	#1
Dom Windows Seven Home Premium SP1 2,241 posts I Live At Home	This is good! Makes the command prompt look a lot better than black and white
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31 Dec 2009	#2
derekimo Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1 9,927 posts East Bay Area, CA	Nice tutorial, I had no idea you could customize that as well. Thanks.
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31 Dec 2009	#3
whs Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 17,738 posts Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany	Here is some more of the same - plus a few additions: Make the Command Prompt GUI look nicer
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31 Dec 2009	#4
PooMan UK Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Build 7600) 2,474 posts Wales	I quite like this ver. of cmd pretty cool ColorConsole Freeware download and review - customizable command shell from SnapFiles And it's free ... happy days Attached Thumbnails
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31 Dec 2009	#5
whs Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 17,738 posts Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany	That's pretty cool too.
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06 Jan 2010	#6
zqding win7 10 posts	excellent tools. Thanks for the proposal
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29 Nov 2012	#7
ICit2lol Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 7 Home Prem / Laptop 7 Pro all 64bit 6,178 posts	Wow Shawn now I have a 24" command screen I can read it - awesome
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