How to increase Command Prompt's Buffer?

[Guest pg]

The other day I was playing with my friends computer running WinXP and

was astonished that the Command Prompt on his machine has the buffer

that can list up to 3000 lines of past command/message

 

I asked my friend how come his command prompt is so amazing and he

said that he downloaded a "patch" or something, some kind of registry

tweak, quite a long while ago, and boosted the buffers that the

command prompt is using. Unfortunately, he didn't have the "patch"

anymore, nor remember where he downloaded that "patch" from.

 

To all the gurus:

 

If you know of such patch (and/or registry tweak), would you kindly

share it with me, please?

 

Thank you !!

[Guest ZÿRiX]

Re: How to increase Command Prompt's Buffer?

 

 

 

"pg" <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message

news:3573c8d7-5c52-4b02-8412-fbad654a8f4d@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...

> The other day I was playing with my friends computer running WinXP and

> was astonished that the Command Prompt on his machine has the buffer

> that can list up to 3000 lines of past command/message

>

> I asked my friend how come his command prompt is so amazing and he

> said that he downloaded a "patch" or something, some kind of registry

> tweak, quite a long while ago, and boosted the buffers that the

> command prompt is using. Unfortunately, he didn't have the "patch"

> anymore, nor remember where he downloaded that "patch" from.

>

> To all the gurus:

>

> If you know of such patch (and/or registry tweak), would you kindly

> share it with me, please?

>

> Thank you !!

 

To configure the command prompt

Open Command Prompt

 

Click the upper-left corner of the Command Prompt window, and then click

Properties.

 

Click the Options tab.

 

In Command History, type or select 999 in Buffer Size, and then type or

select 5 in Number of Buffers.

 

That will take you to 5000

--

ZÿRiX

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[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: How to increase Command Prompt's Buffer?

 

 

"ZÿRiX" <org@net.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> "pg" <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message

> news:3573c8d7-5c52-4b02-8412-fbad654a8f4d@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...

>> The other day I was playing with my friends computer running WinXP and

>> was astonished that the Command Prompt on his machine has the buffer

>> that can list up to 3000 lines of past command/message

>>

>> I asked my friend how come his command prompt is so amazing and he

>> said that he downloaded a "patch" or something, some kind of registry

>> tweak, quite a long while ago, and boosted the buffers that the

>> command prompt is using. Unfortunately, he didn't have the "patch"

>> anymore, nor remember where he downloaded that "patch" from.

>>

>> To all the gurus:

>>

>> If you know of such patch (and/or registry tweak), would you kindly

>> share it with me, please?

>>

>> Thank you !!

>

> To configure the command prompt

> Open Command Prompt

>

> Click the upper-left corner of the Command Prompt window, and then click

> Properties.

>

> Click the Options tab.

>

> In Command History, type or select 999 in Buffer Size, and then type or

> select 5 in Number of Buffers.

>

> That will take you to 5000

>

 

Somfink wrong wiv your mafs. It will take you to 4995.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: How to increase Command Prompt's Buffer?

 

ZÿRiX wrote:

>

>

> "pg" <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message

> news:3573c8d7-5c52-4b02-8412-fbad654a8f4d@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...

>> The other day I was playing with my friends computer running WinXP and

>> was astonished that the Command Prompt on his machine has the buffer

>> that can list up to 3000 lines of past command/message

>>

>> I asked my friend how come his command prompt is so amazing and he

>> said that he downloaded a "patch" or something, some kind of registry

>> tweak, quite a long while ago, and boosted the buffers that the

>> command prompt is using. Unfortunately, he didn't have the "patch"

>> anymore, nor remember where he downloaded that "patch" from.

>>

>> To all the gurus:

>>

>> If you know of such patch (and/or registry tweak), would you kindly

>> share it with me, please?

>>

>> Thank you !!

>

> To configure the command prompt

> Open Command Prompt

>

> Click the upper-left corner of the Command Prompt window, and then click

> Properties.

>

> Click the Options tab.

>

> In Command History, type or select 999 in Buffer Size, and then type or

> select 5 in Number of Buffers.

>

> That will take you to 5000

 

That properties window also allows you to set the window size, font,

etc. I'm sure you saw that, but its an asset to me to expand the window

size to get more lines of text. I pump it up to 45 or better. I

couldn't live with 25 lines of text on the screen.

[Guest Danger_Duck]

Re: How to increase Command Prompt's Buffer?

 

You guys are awesome :)

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

> ZÿRiX wrote:

> >

> >

> > "pg" <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message

> > news:3573c8d7-5c52-4b02-8412-fbad654a8f4d@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...

> >> The other day I was playing with my friends computer running WinXP and

> >> was astonished that the Command Prompt on his machine has the buffer

> >> that can list up to 3000 lines of past command/message

> >>

> >> I asked my friend how come his command prompt is so amazing and he

> >> said that he downloaded a "patch" or something, some kind of registry

> >> tweak, quite a long while ago, and boosted the buffers that the

> >> command prompt is using. Unfortunately, he didn't have the "patch"

> >> anymore, nor remember where he downloaded that "patch" from.

> >>

> >> To all the gurus:

> >>

> >> If you know of such patch (and/or registry tweak), would you kindly

> >> share it with me, please?

> >>

> >> Thank you !!

> >

> > To configure the command prompt

> > Open Command Prompt

> >

> > Click the upper-left corner of the Command Prompt window, and then click

> > Properties.

> >

> > Click the Options tab.

> >

> > In Command History, type or select 999 in Buffer Size, and then type or

> > select 5 in Number of Buffers.

> >

> > That will take you to 5000

>

> That properties window also allows you to set the window size, font,

> etc. I'm sure you saw that, but its an asset to me to expand the window

> size to get more lines of text. I pump it up to 45 or better. I

> couldn't live with 25 lines of text on the screen.

>

>

[Guest H]

Re: How to increase Command Prompt's Buffer?

 

Take your pick -only need to look -

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=increase+command+prompt+buffer&meta=

 

 

 

"pg" <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message

news:3573c8d7-5c52-4b02-8412-fbad654a8f4d@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...

> The other day I was playing with my friends computer running WinXP and

> was astonished that the Command Prompt on his machine has the buffer

> that can list up to 3000 lines of past command/message

>

> I asked my friend how come his command prompt is so amazing and he

> said that he downloaded a "patch" or something, some kind of registry

> tweak, quite a long while ago, and boosted the buffers that the

> command prompt is using. Unfortunately, he didn't have the "patch"

> anymore, nor remember where he downloaded that "patch" from.

>

> To all the gurus:

>

> If you know of such patch (and/or registry tweak), would you kindly

> share it with me, please?

>

> Thank you !!

[Guest pg]

Re: How to increase Command Prompt's Buffer?

 

Many thanks for your reply, however, I think it must be my dumbness

that somehow can't get it to work.

 

You see, in my friend's PC, his command prompt can scroll back

thousands of lines.

 

Let's say, on the command prompt, I go to the D drive (D: <enter>), go

to the root directory (cd\ <enter>), and do a "dir /s <enter>"

 

Hundreds, if not thousands of files will start scrolling down.

 

On my friend's PC, after the untold thousands of directories and

filename scrolled down, I can scroll back at least 3000 lines.

 

I did apply the thing you listed on my command prompt, and I did

double check the result, and sure enough, it has "999" per buffer and

there are "5" buffers.

 

I did the same "dir /s <enter>" on my D: drive, root directory.

Thousands of directories and file scrolled down.

 

However, after that thing finished, when I move the slider of the

command prompt up to scroll back, I can only scroll back 200 or so

lines !!

 

As I said, it must be my own stupidity that has somehow "infected" my

own PC.

 

But if you think you can _still_ help this really stupid fella, please

help !!

 

Please tell me how to enable my Command Prompt so that it can scroll

back thousands of lines??

 

Thank you all !!!!

 

 

 

On Jul 29, 4:33 pm, ZÿRiX <o...@net.com> wrote:

> "pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in message

>

> news:3573c8d7-5c52-4b02-8412-fbad654a8f4d@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...

>

>

>

> > The other day I was playing with my friends computer running WinXP and

> > was astonished that the Command Prompt on his machine has the buffer

> > that can list up to 3000 lines of past command/message

>

> > I asked my friend how come his command prompt is so amazing and he

> > said that he downloaded a "patch" or something, some kind of registry

> > tweak, quite a long while ago, and boosted the buffers that the

> > command prompt is using. Unfortunately, he didn't have the "patch"

> > anymore, nor remember where he downloaded that "patch" from.

>

> > To all the gurus:

>

> > If you know of such patch (and/or registry tweak), would you kindly

> > share it with me, please?

>

> > Thank you !!

>

> To configure the command prompt

> Open Command Prompt

>

> Click the upper-left corner of the Command Prompt window, and then click

> Properties.

>

> Click the Options tab.

>

> In Command History, type or select 999 in Buffer Size, and then type or

> select 5 in Number of Buffers.

>

> That will take you to 5000

> --

> ZÿRiX

> (¯`'..(<>..<>)..'´¯)

[Guest pg]

Re: How to increase Command Prompt's Buffer?

 

Much apologies for having to make this "Part 2" of my reply ... me

very stupid, what to do???

 

In my friend's PC, the slider of the command prompt at first was

thick. But the more thing it displays (I mean, the more line that

Command Prompt has scrolled down), the thinner that "slider button"

becomes.

 

After scrolling down thousands of lines, that "slider button" actually

turned into a "thin slice". But if I use the mouse to "pick up" that

"thin slice" and scroll up, I can scroll up thousands and thousands of

lines.

 

On my PC, however, even after I have applied that "999" per buffer

plus that "5 buffers" thing, the thickness of that "slider button" of

my Command Prompt doesn't really change much, even if I use the

Command Prompt to scroll through thousands of lines (such as when I

use "dir/s" at the root directory)

 

Hence, when I use the mouse cursor to "pick up" that "slider button"

of the Command Prompt in my PC, it only scrolls back 200 lines or so.

 

Dunno what I have done wrong?? <scratching my head>

 

 

On Jul 29, 4:33 pm, ZÿRiX <o...@net.com> wrote:

> "pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in message

>

> news:3573c8d7-5c52-4b02-8412-fbad654a8f4d@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...

>

>

>

> > The other day I was playing with my friends computer running WinXP and

> > was astonished that the Command Prompt on his machine has the buffer

> > that can list up to 3000 lines of past command/message

>

> > I asked my friend how come his command prompt is so amazing and he

> > said that he downloaded a "patch" or something, some kind of registry

> > tweak, quite a long while ago, and boosted the buffers that the

> > command prompt is using. Unfortunately, he didn't have the "patch"

> > anymore, nor remember where he downloaded that "patch" from.

>

> > To all the gurus:

>

> > If you know of such patch (and/or registry tweak), would you kindly

> > share it with me, please?

>

> > Thank you !!

>

> To configure the command prompt

> Open Command Prompt

>

> Click the upper-left corner of the Command Prompt window, and then click

> Properties.

>

> Click the Options tab.

>

> In Command History, type or select 999 in Buffer Size, and then type or

> select 5 in Number of Buffers.

>

> That will take you to 5000

> --

> ZÿRiX

> (¯`'..(<>..<>)..'´¯)