On Win98Se, I could set the command prompt window to more than 50 lines,
and some character mode programs would work properly. An example would be
EDIT.

On XP, if I set the command prompt window & buffer to 70 lines (for an
example), it works properly with commands like DIR and TYPE, but any real
program, such as EDIT, will reset the command prompt window to 50 lines. It
will return to it's former setting when the program exits.

I would REALLY like to correct this problem. Several other people have
complained about this in this and other newsgroups, but none of them have
ever received an answer, other than "go full screen". Full screen is 80x25,
which is several steps backward.

None of the compatibility functions seem to have any effect. I am using
CMD.

None of the properties help either. They work fine while I am in the
command prompt itself, but it always switchs to 80x50 (at best) when I run
any character mode program.

I'm a little confused by your post. With the cmd line interface open merely right click on the top bar and then click properties and all the options to size for present or future instances are there. You can change fonts\colours\window size and so on. When any changes are made it then asks if you want this change only for present session or for all future sessions as well. Choose all future sessions. Good luck.

"The Unknown P" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsAA670DF-5C9A-4E03-90D1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm a little confused by your post. With the cmd line interface open
merely right click on the top bar and then click properties and all the
options to size for present or future instances are there. You can change
fonts\colours\window size and so on. When any changes are made it then asks
if you want this change only for present session or for all future sessions
as well. Choose all future sessions. Good luck.




Then you don't understand. I can change the size of the command prompt
buffer and how many of them show at any one time (In this case, I want as
many as will show on the screen at any one time without scrolling), and it
will remember this with no problems.

But when I run any program, such as "EDIT" (which comes with XP), it
drops to only 50 lines. The screen will hold 70, depending on font size,
etc.

I want to prevent it from (temporarily) reducing the line count to 50.

This works just fine in Win98.