CMD colors permanently changed

[Catchy]

Not a huge problem, but an annoying one.

CMD screen text and background colors are changed and I can't change them back using the property options.

It's like something is overriding the color properties. Every time I bring up a new CMD window, the colors are the same and changing them does not even affect the current window.

Thanks in advance

 

[MilesAhead]

The Prompt command would accept "ansi" codes to set text and background colors. Maybe it's in the Registry somewhere.

Edit: Try in a cmd prompt:
Prompt <Enter>

with no params it should reset the default.

 

[Ztruker]

How are you opening a Command Prompt? Perhaps the shortcut you are using is doing it?

What happens if you type cmd into the Run box?

 

[MilesAhead]

I was thinking of ansi.sys in the old Dos prompt. Actually now the color command can change foreground and background colors for the cmd prompt.

Get details by running
color /?
in the cmd prompt.

 

[Catchy]

Thanks for the advice!

I found my way in the registry, more precisely to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor, where the DefaultColor binary file had been changed (somehow )