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Are there any better command prompts for Windows?

Asked 2008-09-30T16:58:50.217
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For some reason the Windows command prompt is "special" in that you have to go to a properties dialog to resize it horizontally rather than just dragging the corner of the window like every other app. Unsurprisingly this feature made it into P-P-P-Powershell as well -- is there any way around this via command prompt replacement or Windows hackery?

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2019 Update:

  • Microsoft has released the terminal app on Github & the Windows Store, and it has tabs, panels, acrylic transparency, and other features.

2016 Update:

  • Windows 10's default conhost UI has more features, including free resize, transparency, etc (this includes cmd & powershell)
  • I now use ConEmu (walkthrough here) which has many features including tabs & split panes.
  • Other options include Cmder (which comes with additional tools built in), and ConsoleZ (a fork of Console2).
  • Console appears to no longer be updated
answered 2008-09-30T17:02:52.500
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You might consider installing FAR. It's an excellent text mode file manager and much more. It could also be resized by dragging the corner of the window :)

answered 2008-09-30T17:04:09.080

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