Start->Run: How to widen view of past commands

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

When I click Start->Run, I can invoke a list of past commands. The
commands are usually very long, and I only see the left portion of
each command. Many of them are therefore indistinguishable. How can
I widen the view of the past commands so that I can see the commands
in their entirety? Thanks!

 

[Alan]

I'm not sure if there is any sort of tweak, but what I do is to first bring
up the command that I'm interested in. It's usually highlighted so I just
press CTRL + C and then paste it into Notepad.

Alternately, I click somewhere within the command to de-select the
highlighting, and then use my left or right arrow keys to navigate, so I can
read the full command.

Alan

 

[Alan Edwards]

You can try this:
ResizeEnable: http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/index.html

It doesn't resize the Run window perfectly (I lose the dropdown arrow)
but is usable with the up and down arrows instead.

....Alan

 

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

When I click Start->Run, I can invoke a list of past commands. The
commands are usually very long, and I only see the left portion of
each command. Many of them are therefore indistinguishable. How
can I widen the view of the past commands so that I can see the
commands in their entirety? Thanks!

I'm not sure if there is any sort of tweak, but what I do is to
first bring up the command that I'm interested in. It's usually
highlighted so I just press CTRL + C and then paste it into Notepad.

Alternately, I click somewhere within the command to de-select the
highlighting, and then use my left or right arrow keys to navigate,
so I can read the full command.

Alan, your solutions seems to work once you choose the command from
the history list so that it shows up in the command field. I'm trying
to select the right line from the history list when many of them look
the same. Appreciate the suggestion, though.

 

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

When I click Start->Run, I can invoke a list of past commands. The
commands are usually very long, and I only see the left portion of
each command. Many of them are therefore indistinguishable. How
can I widen the view of the past commands so that I can see the
commands in their entirety? Thanks!

You can try this:
ResizeEnable:http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/index.html

It doesn't resize the Run window perfectly (I lose the dropdown
arrow) but is usable with the up and down arrows instead.

Thanks, Alan. I read the text file. I was kind of hoping that there
was an official M$ way of getting a wider view of the history list,
but I may give unconventional solutions a try.