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Author Topic: DOS Command Prompt screen size  (Read 3561 times)

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FrankGC

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    DOS Command Prompt screen size
    « on: October 04, 2012, 10:56:13 AM »
    Hi,

    Is there a way to get the  the two headed arrow that allows me to increase or decrease the screen perimeter to function on a DOS Command Prompt screen?  I can pull the screen up or down but I cannot widen it. If I maximize it fills the screen vertically but fills only one half of the screen horizontally

    Thanks
    Frank
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    TechnoGeek

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    Re: DOS Command Prompt screen size
    « Reply #1 on: October 04, 2012, 11:38:12 AM »
    You can't widen it by resizing the windows, but you can right-click the titlebar and go to -> properties -> layout -> and edit the width fields.

    Salmon Trout

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    Re: DOS Command Prompt screen size
    « Reply #2 on: October 04, 2012, 12:50:50 PM »
    You can't widen it by resizing the windows, but you can right-click the titlebar and go to -> properties -> layout -> and edit the width fields.

    If you open a command window and set the width and height, you get vertical, horizontal and diagonal resize arrows. In Xp and 7


    FrankGC

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      Re: DOS Command Prompt screen size
      « Reply #3 on: October 08, 2012, 12:10:52 PM »
      Thanks TechnoGeek & Salmon Trout
       I did not know about changes available via the title bar.
      I changed the screen buffer width to 200. Now I can enlarge it with the arrow.
      Frank
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