I want to change the color scheme of the command prompt in Windows, ideally a default of 0a (green color on black background).
How can I change this?
Windows XP Command Line – How to Change Default Color
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Click the Control Icon in the command prompt window (icon in the top left of the window) and choose the Defaults options.
Tweak to your content. :)
The cmd colours can be changed in the registry.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor and check the DefaultColor entry. Default value is 0 (zero). To change the colours, enter a value of two hexadecimal digits, the first one specifying the background colour, and the second one the text colour. Possible values are as follows:
0 - black
1 - blue
2 - green
3 - aqua
4 - red
5 - purple
6 - yellow
7 - white
8 - grey
9 - light blue
A - light green
B - light aqua
C - light red
D - light purple
E - light yellow
F - bright white
So for instance, a value of 4A will give you light green text on a red background.
Note that values where the two digits are the same are invalid, so you can't have the same colour for the text and the background.
If the above doesn't work, check the same entry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, you may have changed it there.
Best Answer
Open a Command Prompt, click the icon (top-left), select Properties.
Choose Colors, adjust to taste. It will ask you if you want to save the colour for future settings - choose yes.