xP Garbled Command Prompt screen

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How do I setup a command prompt screen of 80 X 25 lines
in Win xP?

Presently, I'm getting a command prompt screen of 132 characters by
about 42, which is hard to read, and the screen loses sync and is
garbled using the full screen mode. The screen display is ok in window
mode but the text is too small. What I want is a easy to read screen of
80 by 25 characters in full screen mode. The screen properties are set
to 80 width X 25 lines down, so I don't know what to change at this
point. I'm getting a text screen of 132 by 40 something in window mode,
and a garbled out of sync screen in full screen mode.
How can I fix this?

-Bill
 
Detail ALL the steps you take to start your program. It is your program's job to set the video mode or to read the video mode and adapt, so
Is it?
Is it not?

What program, [assuming I've probably not heard of it] describe how the program uses the screen - linestyle (like dos's dir command) or screen style (eg like a windows program with menus etc).

Is the program setting the size (read the manual, look in program's options, look on the program's command line).

Going back to my first sentence, do you start from a bat file?
 
Detail ALL the steps you take to start your program

I just click on the "Command prompt" icon.
and I get a blank screen with a DOS prompt
of "C:\ >"

The problem is the "C:\>" is too small
and typing "DIR" and return produces
32 lines.

I only want 25 down and 80 across instead of 133
by 40 or whatever it is.

All I want is a normal DOS screen like used to exist
20 years ago.

-Bill
 
1. What you see is not Dos. It is a terminal window that Dos and Windows console programs use. The command prompt is not Dos but a windows program (there is a Dos command prompt too but it gives anything you type to windows to execute). To fix C being small right click what ever you are using to start it, Properties, Layout and set 80/25 here.

You can also r/c the title bar while it is running.

You can also change Font Size.
 
David said:
1. What you see is not Dos. It is a terminal window that Dos and
Click to expand...
Windows console programs use. The command prompt is not Dos but a
windows program (there is a Dos command prompt too but it gives
anything you type to windows to execute). To fix C being small right
click what ever you are using to start it, Properties, Layout and set
80/25 here.
You can also r/c the title bar while it is running.

You can also change Font Size.

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Click to expand...

The properties are already set to 80/25 which just limits
the size of the window to 25 lines. It doesn't change the
character size. When I go to full screen using <ALT> <ENTER>
the 80/25 setting doesn't apply. But the problem I have is
the screen goes out of sync in full screen mode, so I can't
see anything.

What I want is the same video mode used during bootup
to display the POST and disk configuration, etc.
The monitor syncs very well during bootup, so I figure
there must be a way to setup the "Command Prompt" window
for the same exact text display. ie. 80/25 full screen,
no toolbars.

-Bill
 
I found that starting Win-xP in VGA mode allows a full
screen for the command prompt, and I can change the resolution
to 80X25 with the mode command "MODE CON LINES=25"

This gives me a full screen of 80X25 with no toolbars,
but it won't work in a batch file. I have to do it all
manually. The mode command in a batch file gives
an error of "unknown command" or something like
that. It's a bit complicated to start it up, but works
for now.

-Bill
 
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