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Add color, tabs, and copy/paste to the Windows console

by Brad Linder on March 6, 2008 at 03:00 PM

If the stark black screen and white text of the Windows command console doesn't do it for you, you might want to check out Color Console. It's a free application that has all the features you'd expect from a basic Windows command prompt, and then some. For example, you can change your color scheme to yellow, orange, blue, or "matrix," which is a custom black and green skin.

While the color feature is nice, Color Console also has a few tricks that are a bit more functional. For example you can open up multiple console windows in a tabbed interface. And you can easily copy text from the console and paste it into any Windows application. There's even a beta print feature that will let you print the contents of a console window in full color.

[via Brown Thoughts]

Tags: cmd, color-console, command-prompt, console, freeware

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Edward NardellaMar 6th 2008 4:48PM

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Uhh the color feature is built in already by default, right click the title bat the properties and the color tab.

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BrianMar 6th 2008 5:44PM

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I prefer the program "Console". It's free and open-source!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/console

Screenshot:
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=43764

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marsflipMar 6th 2008 7:16PM

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Haven't tried this particular app so I can't compare them, but I reiterate Brian's recomendation for "Console" - it's a great replacement to the Windows console shell.

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AnthMar 7th 2008 7:59AM

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i prefer just typing color 0a.

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kobewanMar 7th 2008 8:00AM

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I've been looking for a good console replacement after switching back from Linux. The Windows console is completely pathetic (no easy copy-paste, no saved history, no scrolling from the keyboard etc.). How close are they to porting Konsole?

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daveMar 7th 2008 8:01AM

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the stuff on this downloadsquad can be excellent, but don't this add to the waste of time category

i know i don't own this site or have any part of it but come on,does any one know some sites that are better than this

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komodoMar 7th 2008 6:31AM

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nice addon

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dickleMar 13th 2008 2:54PM

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Komodo, you're a moron dude. I originally thought this post was about a replacement for windows' cmd.exe. Turns out this story is about something else, but I still found what I was looking for, because of Brian's Console recommendation. Waste of time for you maybe, but I got what I needed, douchy.

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BloggsMar 19th 2008 10:47AM

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Does anyone know of any of these cmd add-ons/replacements that allows you to log a full session to a text file, similar to what you can do in putty sessions?

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