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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?
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A CMD script does the same thing as if you typed commands into the CMD window. If you want to do something on a regular basis, such as telling Windows to turn off your computer after an hour, you can write a script and then you can activate the script whenever you want to run it.
To customize the prompt, write a new Prompt function. The function is not protected, so you can overwrite it. Then, between the braces, enter the commands or the string that creates your prompt. The following Prompt function displays the history ID of the next command.
A command-line switch is a modifier that is added to the .exe file. A startup file with a switch looks like this. outlook.exe /nopreview. In this example, a command-line switch has been added to the .exe file for Microsoft Outlook.
You can look into making calls to update the Windows registry. For example,
REG.EXE add HKCU\Console /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_USER\Console/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 promptLikewise, 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 HKCU\Console /v WindowSize /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0028008c /f
Type REG /? and REG add /? for more options.
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