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Change the color of the command prompt

1 January 2001 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback Off
If an old ANSI.SYS color fan then this might bring some joy, as one can colorize the command prompt console by changing the foreground and background color.

Edit the registry and add/update this setting (REG_DWORD):

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Command Processor] DefaultColor = 0A (Black background with green text)

Colour codes available:
Code (Hex)Color
0black
1blue
2green
3cyan
4red
5magenta
6yellow/brown
7white
8gray
9bright blue
Abright green
Bbright cyan
Cbright red
Dbright magenta
Ebright yellow
Fwhite
Note one can also use the program "COLOR" from the command prompt to change the color.

COLOR 0A

Note one can also select properties for a shortcut to the cmd.exe, and select "Properties" and change the colors in the fan "Colors".
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Updated: 23 September 2007

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Comment by deepthi - 17 December 2008 @ 7:26 Reply

I have tried it and made my cmd prompt color ful thanx for ur post

Comment by sandeep - 15 February 2009 @ 20:16 Reply

Thank you for the registry path for changing CMD propmt color permanently i like this very much nice tip i hope more tips to increase speed of cpu….=)

Comment by sweety - 10 March 2009 @ 14:25 Reply

nice hacks are there thanx for providing these small tricks

Comment by Vignesh Ravi - 1 July 2009 @ 6:17 Reply

Just right click on the “C:\” icon on the top left corner of the command prompt, select default and click on colors tab. That’s it. Quite simple…

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