[batch-file] Resize command prompt through commands

I want to resize the command prompt window in a batch file, is it possible to set a height and width through something I can just add in the batch file?

If you want to run a .bat file in full screen, right click on the "example.bat" and click create shortcut, then right click on the shortcut and click properties, then click layout, in layout you can adjust your file to the screen manually, however you can only run it this way if you use the shortcut. You can also change font size by clicking font instead of layout, select lucida and adjust the font size then click apply

You can use /start /max [your batch] it will fill the screen with the program it oppose to /min

Actually, there's a much simpler way to do this. If you just open the batch file, click on the window, and then click "properties", and then to "layout", and scroll down to "Window Size", you can edit it from there. It will also stay that way every time you open that specific batch file, so it's pretty handy.

Most people will tell you to run this command:

mode con:cols=80 lines=100

but you should just try typing:

MODE 1000

as a line in your batch file or cmd prompt.

Although the answers given here can be used to temporarily change window size, they don't seem to affect font size (at least not on my PC). I have an alternative way. I don't know if this what you're looking for but if you want to make changes automatically/permanently to Console font/window size, you can always do a script that edits the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%%SystemRoot%%_system32_cmd.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%%SystemRoot%%_system32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe

Those keys deal with the consoles that come up when your run a script or press shift and select "open command prompt here". The Command Prompt entry in your start menu does not use the registry to store it's preferences but stores the prefs in the shortcut itself.

I have a monitor that I can run in 720p native or 1440p supersampling. I needed a quick way to change my console's font/window size, so I made these scripts. These scripts do two things: (1) change the font/window sizes in the registry and (2) swap out the shortcuts in the Start menu with ones that have a different window and font size. I basically made two sets of copies of the Command Prompt and Power Shell shortcuts and stored them in Documents. One set of shortcuts was configured with Consolas font size at 16 for my monitor is in 720p (called it "Command Prompt.720pRes.lnk") and another version of the same shortcut was configure with font size at 36 (called it "Command Prompt.HighRes.lnk"). The script will copy from the set I want to use to overwrite the Start menu one.

console-1440p.cmd:

::Assign New Window and Font Size for Windows Command Prompt
set CMDpNewFont=00240000
set CMDpNewWindowSize=000f0078
set commandPromptLinkFlag=highRes



 ::Make temporary .reg file to resize command console

>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO.
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console]
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "WindowSize"=dword:%CMDpNewWindowSize%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "FontSize"=dword:%CMDpNewFont%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO.
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%%SystemRoot%%_system32_cmd.exe]
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "WindowSize"=dword:%CMDpNewWindowSize%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "FontSize"=dword:%CMDpNewFont%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO.
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%%SystemRoot%%_system32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe]
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "WindowSize"=dword:%CMDpNewWindowSize%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "FontSize"=dword:%CMDpNewFont%


::Merge and delete consoleSIZEchanger.reg
REGEDIT /S %temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg 
del %temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg 

::Copy Preconfigured Command Prompt/PowerShell shortcuts to Pinned Start Menu, Accessories and any other Custom Location you would define
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Command Prompt.%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%%homepath%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\Command Prompt.lnk"
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Command Prompt.%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%%homepath%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Command Prompt.lnk"
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Windows PowerShell.%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk"
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Windows PowerShell.%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%%homepath%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\Windows PowerShell.lnk"                 
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Windows PowerShell (x86).%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell (x86).lnk"
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Windows PowerShell (x86).%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%%homepath%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\Windows PowerShell (x86).lnk"

console-720p.cmd:

::Assign New Window and Font Size for Windows Command Prompt
set CMDpNewFont=00100000
set CMDpNewWindowSize=0014007d
set commandPromptLinkFlag=720Res



 ::Make temporary .reg file to resize command console
>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO.
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console]
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "WindowSize"=dword:%CMDpNewWindowSize%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "FontSize"=dword:%CMDpNewFont%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO.
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%%SystemRoot%%_system32_cmd.exe]
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "WindowSize"=dword:%CMDpNewWindowSize%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "FontSize"=dword:%CMDpNewFont%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO.
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%%SystemRoot%%_system32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe]
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "WindowSize"=dword:%CMDpNewWindowSize%
>>%temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg ECHO "FontSize"=dword:%CMDpNewFont%


::Merge and delete consoleSIZEchanger.reg
REGEDIT /S %temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg 
del %temp%\consoleSIZEchanger.reg 

::Copy Preconfigured Command Prompt/PowerShell shortcuts to Pinned Start Menu, Accessories and any other Custom Location you would define
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Command Prompt.%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%%homepath%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\Command Prompt.lnk"
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Command Prompt.%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%%homepath%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Command Prompt.lnk"
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Windows PowerShell.%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk"
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Windows PowerShell.%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%%homepath%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\Windows PowerShell.lnk"                 
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Windows PowerShell (x86).%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell (x86).lnk"
copy "%homedrive%%homepath%\Documents\Windows PowerShell (x86).%commandPromptLinkFlag%.lnk" "%homedrive%%homepath%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\Windows PowerShell (x86).lnk"

Simply type

MODE [width],[height]

Example:

MODE 14,1

That is the smallest size possible.

MODE 1000,1000

is the largest possible, although it probably won't even fit your screen. If you want to minimize it, type

start /min [yourbatchfile/cmd]

and of course, to maximaze,

start /max [yourbatchfile/cmd]

I am currently working on doing this from the same batch files so that you don't have to have two or start it with cmd. of course, there are shortcuts, but I'm gonna try to figure it out.

mode con:cols=[whatever you want] lines=[whatever you want].

The unit is the number of characters that fit in the command prompt, eg.

mode con:cols=80 lines=100

will make the command prompt 80 ASCII chars of width and 100 of height

I know, that's a 8 years old question, but that can still happen today.

Powershell ca be used for that. An example is shown here. The shortest command for the cmd is:

powershell -command "&{(get-host).ui.rawui.windowsize=@{width=100;height=55};}"

Set your wanted window size to the width and hight vars. However, this short line has two limitations:

• Be sure that the window size is not larger than the predefined buffer sizes. Otherwise there occur an error message.
• Depending on the system, loading and processing of Powershell takes 2...4 seconds. Sometimes this is a long time to wait.

To avoid that, in the command below the buffer size is defined. In addition, the process runs parallel to the other following cmd commands:

start /b powershell -command "&{$w=(get-host).ui.rawui;$w.buffersize=@{width=177;height=999};$w.windowsize=@{width=155;height=55};}"

The width and height values to the buffersize object, here 177 and 999, must be bigger or equal to the window size values.