The following list tells you which colors you can use at the command
prompt, along with their associated color number.
0??”Black
1??”Blue
2??”Green
3??”Aqua
4??”Red
5??”Purple
6??”Yellow
7??”White
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8??”Gray
9??”Light blue
A??”Light green
B??”Light aqua
C??”Light red
D??”Light purple
E??”Light yellow
F??”Bright white
Combine the command line interpreter with the Start command to create additional windows
as you need them. To create an additional basic command interpreter, type Start /Separate
CMD.EXE and press Enter. Notice the positioning of the /Separate command line switch??”it
belongs to Start, so you place it with Start. If you wanted to create a new command line interpreter
with a blue background and green lettering, you??™d type Start /Separate CMD.EXE /T:1A
and press Enter. Again, notice the positioning of the /T command line switch??”it belongs to
CMD.EXE, so you place it there. When you finish using the new command line interpreter, type Exit
and press Enter.
Working with the Command Interpreter in the Registry
Many of the command line behaviors depend on registry settings. You can find these settings in the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor key for the local user and HKEY_
LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor for everyone using the same machine.
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