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How can I make the cmd.exe
window full-screen in Windows 7?
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How can I make the cmd.exe
window full-screen in Windows 7?
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This is a more concise way to perform the steps in @Enrique's answer. I'm posting this in case the source in his answer disappears.
All subsequent launches of the command prompt will have a horizontal scroll bar and support maximizing the window.
Once these steps have been followed, I'm not sure how to return the command prompt to the original state.
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Look for the Windows XP driver of your graphic cards and install it.
You will lose Aero, but cmd.exe
will be able to enter fullscreen by pressing Alt + Enter.
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What I have found necessary, is increasing the buffer size to a large enough value that it can fill the screen.
Launch cmd.exe
Click the icon on the top-left corner of the window
Click Properties
in the menu
Click the Layout
tab
Set the Width
and Height
of Screen Buffer size to a large value (if the value is not large enough, cmd.exe
will still not go fullscreen; e.g. 300 x 300)
Set the Width
and Height
of Window size to a larger value (e.g. 160 x 55 works fine on a resolution of 1366x768; for higher resolution the value must be larger)
Now you can click the 'Maximize' icon on the top right corner (or press win+up)
You can then re-size the window if you do not want it fullscreen.
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Press Alt + Enter
.
That's it.
It doesnt work in Windows 8 either – Keltari – 2014-12-17T20:44:23.603
2Alt-Enter no loger works in Win7 for console windows. – Sam Axe – 2013-01-29T01:04:23.880
2Losing Aero will probably be the least of your problems. – Dennis – 2013-01-29T01:14:23.470