COMMAND PROMPT SIZE PROBLEM

[Russell Styles]

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.

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

It is because there is no "REAL DOS", it is "EMULATED" and as such, does not
have the "FULL" function of the real thing.

 

[JustBeans]

I think your problem is DOS-Windows programs don't use the "default"
settings to "launch" the program. They are only copied to the
properties of the shortcut that launches the program at the time it
(the shortcut) is created. The default settings would either need to
be changed before the shortcuts are created, Or.. changed in the
"properties" of the open DOS window the program is running in and then
click "Yes" to apply these settings to the shortcut that created the
window.

Hope this helps,

...JustBeans