Running cmd.exe fullscreen

[Brian Mosher]

I have a DOS application that I use a batch file to run.
With Windows XP and 2000 it has to be run in a window and
switched to fullscreen basically because otherwise it only
shows up in the top half. Well somewhere along the line I
have altered the properties of the cmd.exe and command.com
files so much in the windows\system32 folder that on my XP
machine I have gotten the batch file to run a fullscreen
DOS window that works great. But for some reason I cannot
get the same results on the 2000 machine. no matter what I
do it comes up in a window and I have to use atl+enter to
make it fullscreen. I don't want to have to do this
because the people that will be using the application will
launch it many times a day and it will be aggravating. So
basically does anyone know how to get the DOS window to
run full screen when double clicking on a batch file? I
have done it on XP but don't know what I did????

Thanks,

Brian Mosher

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I have a DOS application that I use a batch file to run.
With Windows XP and 2000 it has to be run in a window and
switched to fullscreen basically because otherwise it only
shows up in the top half. Well somewhere along the line I
have altered the properties of the cmd.exe and command.com
files so much in the windows\system32 folder that on my XP
machine I have gotten the batch file to run a fullscreen
DOS window that works great. But for some reason I cannot
get the same results on the 2000 machine. no matter what I
do it comes up in a window and I have to use atl+enter to
make it fullscreen. I don't want to have to do this
because the people that will be using the application will
launch it many times a day and it will be aggravating. So
basically does anyone know how to get the DOS window to
run full screen when double clicking on a batch file? I
have done it on XP but don't know what I did????

Thanks,

Brian Mosher

See tip 2876 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com
When it opens, right-click the title bar and press Properties.
Check Full Screen on the Options tab.
Save the settings for future........


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com