Computer Tips Tricks » Command Prompt http://www.mypc-spot.net Computer Tips Tricks and Tutorial Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:24:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 How to Change Command Prompt Font http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/03/how-to-change-command-prompt-font.html http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/03/how-to-change-command-prompt-font.html#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:41:00 +0000 Gus Adit http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/03/how-to-change-command-prompt-font.html I’m sure you already read my post about How to change command prompt color. Now, I try to explain how to to change the command prompt font. If you combine both tips, you will have a new look for the CMD. With the new look of command prompt, it will more comfortable when working on it.

This tips is almost have the same way with the previous tips. You can change the command prompt font from it properties windows. Here the steps to change the command prompt font:

  1. Click Start »» Run. Type in “cmd” (without quotes) then press Enter to open Command Prompt.
  2. Right click on Command Prompt windows title bar and select Properties.

    3. CMD Context Menu

  3. On the properties Windows, click on the Font tab.
  4. Select the font type and it size that suite for you.

    5. Rubah Font dan Ukuran Font CMD

  5. Click the OK button to save the changes.
  6. When a dialog appears, select the second option and klik OK if you want this change applied permanently.

Everything is done. You can see the new look of your command prompt after changing it’s font. Enjoy it!

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]]> http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/03/how-to-change-command-prompt-font.html/feed 0 How to Change Command Prompt Color http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/03/how-to-change-command-prompt-color.html http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/03/how-to-change-command-prompt-color.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0000 Gus Adit http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/03/how-to-change-command-prompt-color.html On the previous post, I have tell you how to maximize command prompt. On the post I have explained a simple tips to maximize command prompt (CMD) just like the other windows. Now, I want to tell how to change command prompt color. This tips show you how easily to change the color of the command prompt.

This trick works on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. So, you don’t need to worried this tips wont work your version of Windows. To change command prompt color, follow this steps:

  1. Open command Prompt. You can open it by clicking on Start »» Run and type “cmd” then hit Enter.
  2. Right-click on the Command Prompt title bar and select Properties.

    3. CMD Context Menu

  3. On the Command Prompt Properties Windows, switch to color tab by clicking on it.
  4. Change the Color value in Color box to your own value. For example Red color.

    5. Change Command Prompt Color

  5. Finally, click on OK button to save your changes.
  6. When a dialog appears, select the second option and klik OK if you want this change applied permanently.

All done. Now you have a new color for your command prompt screen. It looks more attrative when the command prompt color changed. Enjoy it!

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]]> http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/03/how-to-change-command-prompt-color.html/feed 1 How to Kill Process through Command Prompt http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/02/how-to-kill-process-through-command.html http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/02/how-to-kill-process-through-command.html#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:54:00 +0000 Gus Adit http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/02/how-to-kill-process-through-command-prompt.html As we know, windows provide a tool which able to kill a running process on our computer. This tool know as task manager. Task manager can be accessed by pressing the combination of Ctrl + Alt + Del button on our keyboard. By using task manager, you can terminate running processes or programs with a single klik. But, what if the task manager disabled by a virus? How can you terminate the virus process?

There is another way to kill or terminate running process on a computer. You can use another windows tool to do so. You can use command prompt (CMD) to terminate running process on a computer. Here’s the steps how to kill running process through command prompt:

  1. Open Command Prompt by clicking on Start »» Run and type “cmd” (without quotes) then hit Enter.
  2. On the CMD windows type “tasklist” (without quotes) then press Enter. The function of this command is to show the list of running processes on the computer.

  3. At the image above, you can see each process has it own Image Name (File Name) and PID. We will use the process image name or it’s PID to terminate it.

To kill a process you can use “taskkill” command, combine with process image name or process PID. For example, if you want to kill explorer process, you can use this command “taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F” or “taskkill /PID 1776 /F”. The function of “/F” parameter is to specifies to forcefully terminate the process (es).

By using command prompt, you also can kill multiple porcesses at once. For example, if you want to kill Notepad (PID 776), Explorer (1776) and Calculator (PID 1340) at once, you can use this command “taskkill /PID 776 /PID 1776 /PID 1340 /F”. To learn more about “taskkill” command, you can type “taskkill /?” to view it’s help.

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]]> http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/02/how-to-kill-process-through-command.html/feed 12 How to Maximize Command Prompt http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/01/how-to-maximize-command-prompt.html http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/01/how-to-maximize-command-prompt.html#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:00:00 +0000 Gus Adit http://www.mypc-spot.net/2010/01/how-to-maximize-command-prompt.html CMDHave you ever tried to maximize you command prompt? Is it maximized as the other windows? I believe it is not. It’s because by default, you can only maximize the Command Prompt vertically in windows. When you click maximize button, the Command Prompt will be maximized vertically.

To maximize the Command Prompt window both vertically and horizontally, you need to do a little tweak to your command prompt. To do this tweak follow the following steps:

  1. Open Run and type “cmd” (without quotes) then then press enter to open Command Prompt.

    2. Run

  2. Right-click on the Command Prompt title bar and select Properties.

    3. CMD Context Menu

  3. On the Command Prompt Properties Windows, wwitch to Layout tab by clicking on it.
  4. Change the Width value in Screen Buffer Size box to your own value. In my computer I used 400 for widht and 300 for he height.

    5. CMD Properties

  5. Finally, click on the OK button to save it.

Now, try to maximize you command prompt. Does it work? If it is not, make sure you have change the value on the Screen buffer size box. The try it again. That’s a little tweak how to maximize command prompt windows. This tweak works on windows XP, Vista, and windows 7.

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