How can I widen the Windows 7 command prompt window?

It's fixed at 80 columns in width and dragging the window edges won't let me make it any bigger than that.

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4 Answers

Yes. To change the screen buffer or window size:

• Click the icon at the left of the title bar.

• Click Properties (or Defaults for persistent properties) ^{Thanks @Scott}

• Go to the Layout tab

• Change the settings accordingly

• Click OK to save.

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You might want to try typing:

mode 120,100

Should widen it significantly.

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Type this on command line:

mode con:cols=140 lines=70

Where 140 is the width in columns and 70 is the height in lines.

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You can try Console2 on top of cmd.exe, which have (except other things) resizeable window

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