How to maximize command prompt in windows xp

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nacho4d picture nacho4d · Sep 11, 2009 · Viewed 15.6k times · Source

I am on windows xp,

Is there any way to maximize my cmd.exe window?

I am doing some mysql and it is so difficult to read results of my queries in such a small window.

Why maximize does not really maximizes it? Is there a way for maximizing? Or maybe an alternative command prompt I can use?

thanks

Answer

paxdiablo picture paxdiablo · Sep 11, 2009

Click on the top left icon in the window (the "C:\" one) and select "Properties".

Then select the "Layout" tab and change the window size to what you want it to be (I have 128x50 for the screen and 128x999 for the scroll buffer). You can also optionally set the top left position (I always have it at 1,1) if you don't want Windows itself deciding where the window goes.

When you click on OK, make sure you tell it to modify the shortcut that started the window.

Then it will remember.

This is for XP, other MS operating systems may vary slightly but the general idea should be the same.

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