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I am a fan of the Command Prompt I admit it (it’s used for all of the Batch files I write), but just like everything else in life, it could use some tweaking!

First off, type Windows Key+R, then: cmd

How To Get To Properties

Right-click on the Command Prompt’s title bar (it the blue bar that should read C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe) and select Properties. The keyboard shortcut for Properties is: ALT+SPACEBAR+P

One of my biggest irritations is how small the window is, so lets start there:

Change Window Size

Click the Layout tab and change the window to fit your taste. I like the width at 100 and the height at 40, but your mileage may very.

Change The Buffer Size

Over in the Options tab, under the “Command History” section, increase the Buffer size to 999. This will the window’s vertically scroll.

You can also increase the number of lines in the Command Prompt window to 5000 by increasing the number of buffers to five!

Reuse Commands

Another option in the “Command History” section is the Discard Old Duplicates checkbox. In the Command Prompt, you can use the Up and Down arrows to scroll through a list of recently used commands and the Discard Old Duplicates checkbox will delete duplicated commands from the list.

Copy/Paste From The Command Prompt

In the “Edit Options” section check the check box for QuickEdit Mode. This will let you copy and paste from the Command Prompt window! To copy, hold the left mouse button and highlight, and then right-click. To paste in the command prompt, single right-click. To paste any where else, right-click and select “Paste” or CRTL+V.

Change Font And Colors

You can change the font under the Font tab to Lucinda Console. I don’t, but you can - I’ll allow it

Under the Colors tab, you can customize the look of the window. How about this red and teal number:

Here is what I use, it reminds me of the Matrix…

Save The Changes

When you click the OK button, make sure you check the “Save properties for future windows with the same title” check box. This will open every Command Prompt window, from now on, with your customization.