Batu69 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 New features? Sorry. Just new colours, because modern monitors give CLIs the blues Microsoft's making over the Windows Console, the tool that throws up a command line interface and which has hung around in Windows long after DOS was sent to the attic and told not to show itself in polite company. The company's revealed that in Windows 10 build 16257 the Console will get new … colours. Yup, that's all. Colours. No new syntax. Nothing cloudy. Just colours. Microsoft says the change is needed because Windows Console currently uses a lot of blue in hues that are “very difficult to read on a modern high-contrast displays.” “During the past 20 years, screens & display technology, contrast ratio, and resolution have changed significantly, from CRT's through TFT LCD's to modern-day nano-scale 4K displays,” writes Microsoft's Craig Loewen. “The legacy default scheme was not built for modern displays and does not render as well on newer high-contrast LCD displays.” Hence the change depicted below. Microsoft's new colour scheme for Windows Console. The Register imagines that its readers will welcome anything that makes a CLI easier to use, so feels duty-bound to point out that for now you need to do a fresh install of Build 16257 to get your eyes on the new palette. Loewen also says “We'll soon be publishing a tool that will help you apply this new scheme and a selection of alternative color schemes to your Windows Console.” Those of you who upgrade to Build 16257 will not find any custom palettes over-written, or overridden. Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Technically its not a makeover they just updated the colors cmd.exe doesnt need a new makeover. It would be nice if they could update it to compete with powershell some of us still love our cmd.exe command prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 8, 2017 Administrator Share Posted August 8, 2017 I wonder how many know they can change its colors. Doing so from a long time here. For a long time it was temporary per window and had to be done again and again, but then defaults tab was added to it. That's how I remember it. Those who do not know how to change it's colors, right click on the CMD window's top bar, the area which has close and other buttons on it and click on either properties to make it temporary or click on defaults to make changes defaults on all new windows. It contains some settings which one can customize CMD with, like Window size, height colors and such. Having said, I myself had forgotten about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeSmithG Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I just run it in green. It's fine in any colour, as long as sfc /scannow works o.k. Only time I really use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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