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How to change the default command prompt color on Vista and above

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If you like me don’t like the default green on black in the command prompt, you can change the default via registry:

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Tip taken from here: https://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/12/

Update: and here’s a list of color values https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978716.aspx

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  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2012
    Cmd?!?
  1. PowerShell
  2. PSCX :)

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2012
    Ha ha :) I know, I know :)

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2012
    Have you thought of using UI for that? Right-click on title and 'Defaults'.

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2012
    Hmmm... Looks cool. Thanx. For powershell, we have a profile script where we can set the color/font/aliases and others. This profile script is executed first and updates the window accordingly.

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2012
    Ha ha.... Yes mihailik, we have the UI too.... :)

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2012
    Oleg: thanks :) I'm a moron for missing that :)

  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2012
    how to see the data which is hidden behind a picture????????? pls reply to varun091230@yahoo.in