Change the colors of Command Prompt window.

This tweak lets you change foreground and background colors used in Command Prompt windows.

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Description:
The tweak changes the foreground and background colors for the command prompt window for the current session. To obtain the new look change the value to two-digit number, in which the first digit represents a background color and the second the foreground color. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, create a dword value defaultcolor in the right panel. Right-click it and modify the data value to f0 to give black text on a white background to enable the setting, however you can opt to your desired color coding, and 0 to give standard white text on a black background to disable the setting. The other hexadecimal codes are: <table><tr><td>hexadecimal value</td><td><center>color</td></tr><tr><td><center>0</td><td><center>black</td></tr><tr><td><center>1</td><td><center>blue</td></tr><tr><td><center>2</td><td><center>green</td></tr><tr><td><center>3</td><td><center>aqua</td></tr><tr><td><center>4</td><td><center>red</td></tr><tr><td><center>5</td><td><center>purple</td></tr><tr><td><center>6</td><td><center>yellow</td></tr><tr><td><center>7</td><td><center>white</td></tr><tr><td><center>8</td><td><center>gray</td></tr><tr><td><center>9</td><td><center>light blue</td></tr><tr><td><center>a</td><td><center>light green</td></tr><tr><td><center>b</td><td><center>light aqua</td></tr><tr><td><center>c</td><td><center>light red</td></tr><tr><td><center>d</td><td><center>light purple</td></tr><tr><td><center>e</td><td><center>light yellow</td></tr><tr><td><center>f</td><td><center>light white</td></tr></table> restart command prompt for the changes to take effect.

Level: Recommended For Novice Users

Registry Entries

Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\]

Location: Current User

Value Name: DefaultColor

Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value:

Disabled Value:

Action Type: Add an Entry

Screenshots

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\] </b>,right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "DefaultColor" in "Command Processor" key.