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    How can I set fullscreen text mode od console window to 80x25 under winXP??? The default (when you execute cmd.exe and toggle fullscreen) is 80x50, but some old DOS programs don't set 80x25 and they look pretty silly. I have managed to do this once time, but it's very long ago :) And i totally forgot how have I done it :(( I think, that it might be done with some command, but I'm not sure... Thanks Daniel Balas - Student

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      How can I set fullscreen text mode od console window to 80x25 under winXP??? The default (when you execute cmd.exe and toggle fullscreen) is 80x50, but some old DOS programs don't set 80x25 and they look pretty silly. I have managed to do this once time, but it's very long ago :) And i totally forgot how have I done it :(( I think, that it might be done with some command, but I'm not sure... Thanks Daniel Balas - Student

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      Click on the system menu (left hand icon on title bar) Properties->Layout->WindowSize Michael 'Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.' - The Doctor: The Wheel in Space

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        Click on the system menu (left hand icon on title bar) Properties->Layout->WindowSize Michael 'Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.' - The Doctor: The Wheel in Space

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        Yeah, but i meant fullscreen window. And this doesn't exactly set text mode of command line in fullscreen. Daniel Balas - Student

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          Yeah, but i meant fullscreen window. And this doesn't exactly set text mode of command line in fullscreen. Daniel Balas - Student

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          In the command window press ALT+Return

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            In the command window press ALT+Return

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            Christian B wrote: In the command window press ALT+Return I know how to press Alt+Enter (enable fullscreen) :) That is not the problem. But when you enable it, the mode is usually changed to 80x50 fullscreen, but I want 80x25 mode :). Under Win9x the default fullscreen mode was 80x25, but under XP it isn't :) Daniel Balas - Student

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              How can I set fullscreen text mode od console window to 80x25 under winXP??? The default (when you execute cmd.exe and toggle fullscreen) is 80x50, but some old DOS programs don't set 80x25 and they look pretty silly. I have managed to do this once time, but it's very long ago :) And i totally forgot how have I done it :(( I think, that it might be done with some command, but I'm not sure... Thanks Daniel Balas - Student

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              Press ALT-Enter, then type:

              mode con cols=80 lines=25


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                Press ALT-Enter, then type:

                mode con cols=80 lines=25


                Help me dominate the world - click this link and my army will grow

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                Thank you very much :) Daniel Balas - Student

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                  How can I set fullscreen text mode od console window to 80x25 under winXP??? The default (when you execute cmd.exe and toggle fullscreen) is 80x50, but some old DOS programs don't set 80x25 and they look pretty silly. I have managed to do this once time, but it's very long ago :) And i totally forgot how have I done it :(( I think, that it might be done with some command, but I'm not sure... Thanks Daniel Balas - Student

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                  I got your solution. open a console window in normal mode, right click on the control box, the properties. On the "Options" tab, select "Full Screen" in "Options", then move to the "Fonts" tab and select whatever you want. Once all is done, Press ALT-Return :) Free your mind...

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