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

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

Comments

  • 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