Comments on: Improved Command Prompt For Windows Cmd.exe

By: Dougal Matthews » Blog Archive » Making the Windows XP command prompt more bareable!

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:44:26 +0000

[...] The prompt can get very long as it displays the full path rather than just the current folder. You can re-format it as shown in this post. [...]

By: Phil Skversky

Phil Skversky — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:01:54 +0000

Yes, Patrick, your suggestion for the Layout tab worked. (The Run dropdown was already set to Normal Window.)

Thanks!
Phil

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:28 +0000

Phil,
The QuickLaunch shortcut probably has some custom settings set in the shortcut. When you use the Run box to launch cmd.exe the custom settings don’t get used so the window is the default size. To fix the QuickLaunch shortcut try this:

Right click on the shortcut to bring up the Properties dialog. There are a few things that you can check. On the Shortcut tab check the Run drop down and ensure that Normal Window is selected. You might have Maximize selected instead. Also check the Layout tab and check the Width/Height values. Try setting them to 80/25 which is the default.

Post back here and let me know if these tips work or not. Thanks.

By: Phil Skversky

Phil Skversky — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:19:23 +0000

I have a shortcut on my QuickLaunch to open a command window. Properties are:

%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe

It opens a window the full height of my screen.
However when I click Start > Run > cmd the window that opens is normal sized.

Why the difference, and how can I fix the shortcut on the QuickLaunch bar?

Thanks!
Phil