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    From Klaus Bosau@kbosau@hotmail.com to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 23:08:37
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    Hi,

    does anybody know whether it's possible to preset the appearance of DOS
    boxes resp. how to assign such an appearance (font type, font size,
    size of window etc.) to a certain DOS utility?

    Thanks in advance!

    Klaus
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  • From AFM@afm@tightfit.fsnet.co.uk to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Wednesday, August 06, 2003 08:05:03
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    (In XP) click on the icon on the top LHS of the DOS window. Select properties... and go from there.

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  • From Klaus Bosau@kbosau@hotmail.com to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Wednesday, August 06, 2003 19:15:30
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    AFM wrote:

    (In XP) click on the icon on the top LHS of the DOS window. Select properties... and go from there.

    Sorry, I forgot to mention I'm using W98... I knew that I can change properties this way, AFM, what I'd be interested in however is to
    *preset* those properties so that each time the utility referred to is launched the window appears with same properties, either taken from an
    earlier call, or possibly stored elsewhere... Is it possible at all?

    Thanks,

    Klaus
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  • From AFM@afm@tightfit.fsnet.co.uk to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Thursday, August 07, 2003 07:52:54
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    If its a DOS utility - which I suppose it is - when it launches - cant U

    set the properties then - so that the next time those properties will be
    used again. I haven't any dos utils which fire up a dos window any more
    som I cant test this! In XP the file cmd.exe (in Windows\System32) is
    run when a batch file is executed - I can set 'Do not close on Exit' for
    this - I have a shortcut on the desktop and this and other options are available under the Properties tab... I am not sure this will do what U
    want though. Will try and investigate further. IN the olden days of
    course we had PIFs (Pgm Information Files) which were used to execute
    the command processor AND set the option first - they were editable with
    the Windows system PIF editor - long gone!! (windowz 3.1 I think)

    :-\

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  • From Klaus Bosau@kbosau@hotmail.com to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Friday, August 08, 2003 02:42:50
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    Bryan wrote:

    When you set the window properties, it asks if you want to apply it
    to this window only (temporary) or to the shortcut that starts the
    program (lasting). At least it does under NT4.

    There's no such query. I tested different settings but none of them
    made properties permanent.

    Klaus
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