Keep reading to learn how is done.
The Command Prompt properties will open, here you have a variety of customizations, we are going to focusing on Font, Layout, and Colors.
First go to the Font tab, choose font size and style — it is pretty limited, but is going to be different of what you had before –, and as you change settings you will be able to see the live preview on the left.
When you are done customizing the fonts, go to the Layout tab, in there you will be able to change Window Position, Window Size, and Screen Buffer Size; this last setting is to specify the size of how much history you are going to be able to scroll down to see previous information of the CMD screen.
And last, the Colors tab; here you will be able to change the colors of the Screen Text, Screen Background, Popup Text, or Popup Background, you can either select from the pre-define colors or use the Red, Green, and Blue color values. As you change settings, you will see a preview in the bottom. Play around until you get the configuration desired and click OK.
For example, here is the settings that I use in my Windows Command Prompt (same as the picture above):
Font: Lucida Console and sizes 12. Layout: Screen Buffer Size and Window Size at Width of 141 and Height of 37. Colors: Screen Text: Blue, Screen Background: White, Popup Text: Purple, and Popup Background: White.
Bonus: Go to the Options tab, under Edit Options select the QuickEdit Mode, in a normal CMD copy and paste operation you need to right-click select Mark, select your text — now it is placed into the clipboard–, then to paste the clipboard content, you need to right-click again and select Paste, this is a lot for something so simple, but with the QuickEdit Mode it gets easier. Now, you just need to select the text and that is it; to paste it just right-click and the text will appear (you can use Ctrl + V only outside of the CMDscreen).
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