How can I widen the Windows 7 Command Prompt window?

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.

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.

You might want to try typing:

mode 120,100 

Should widen it significantly.

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.

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