powershell - How can I automate the process of customizing the command prompt?

Question

I spend most of my time on command line ( XP / 7 ) and always find myself customizing the command prompt according to my preferences. This applies to both cmd and powershell prompt.

Width: 140
Height: 40
Left: -4
Top: 20
Font: Lucida Console
Font Size: 16
Text Color: RGB(100,150,200)
QuickEdit Mode: Enabled

Whenever I am on a new server, I would need to do this all over again. How can I automate this process by putting these parameters in a batch file or PowerShell script?

Answer 1

You can look into making calls to update the Windows registry. For example,

REG.EXE add HKCUConsole /v QuickEdit /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

will set QuickEdit as the default mode for your command prompt. It's easy to slap this line into a batch file, along with other settings.

• add Keyname will chose the Key name where to add the value, here HKEY_CURRENT_USERConsole
• /v is followed by the name of the value to add
• /t followed by its type
• /d is followed by the data with which to set the name of the value
• /f to force write in the registry without prompt

Likewise, you can modify WindowSize which contains 0xhhhhwwww where the first four bytes is the value of the height in hexa (e.g. 0x003E for a height of 62 pixels) and www is the window's width. For your case:

REG.EXE add HKCUConsole /v WindowSize /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0028008c /f

Type REG /? and REG add /? for more options.