Guest kimiraikkonen Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Hi, There's a very annoying and stupid problem about "command prompt AKA cmd.exe" in XP. When i open command prompt through "start-cmd.exe" no problem in resizing default window. But i have some console applications must be ran with command prompt as natural. But when i run them the Window size is fixed to 80x55 and i'n not allowed to change Windows size even with dragging ! Why? What's the reason and annoying restriction of window rezising of command prompt in XP? I only have that problem if i launch problem with double-clicking on my app's exe. I don't have any Window restriction problem of Command prompt if run application by running cmd.exe first. Thanks.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Re: Command Prompt window size problem "kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkonen85@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190466792.549661.232970@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > There's a very annoying and stupid problem about "command prompt AKA > cmd.exe" in XP. When i open command prompt through "start-cmd.exe" no > problem in resizing default window. > > But i have some console applications must be ran with command prompt > as natural. But when i run them the Window size is fixed to 80x55 and > i'n not allowed to change Windows size even with dragging ! > > Why? What's the reason and annoying restriction of window rezising of > command prompt in XP? > > I only have that problem if i launch problem with double-clicking on > my app's exe. I don't have any Window restriction problem of Command > prompt if run application by running cmd.exe first. > > Thanks. > Then you should invoke your application via the Command Processor! cmd /c "Kimi's Application" "c:\program files\Some App\abcxyz.exe"
Guest kimiraikkonen Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Command Prompt window size problem On Sep 22, 5:32 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: > "kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkone...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1190466792.549661.232970@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > > > > > > > Hi, > > There's a very annoying and stupid problem about "command prompt AKA > > cmd.exe" in XP. When i open command prompt through "start-cmd.exe" no > > problem in resizing default window. > > > But i have some console applications must be ran with command prompt > > as natural. But when i run them the Window size is fixed to 80x55 and > > i'n not allowed to change Windows size even with dragging ! > > > Why? What's the reason and annoying restriction of window rezising of > > command prompt in XP? > > > I only have that problem if i launch problem with double-clicking on > > my app's exe. I don't have any Window restriction problem of Command > > prompt if run application by running cmd.exe first. > > > Thanks. > > Then you should invoke your application via the Command Processor! > > cmd /c "Kimi's Application" "c:\program files\Some App\abcxyz.exe"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - You mean i ought to run it from command prompt (cmd.exe) instead of double-clicking on program? Am i right? Why am i forced to do this and why doesn't the next applications open with the size that i've set previously? Everytime all apps open with same size 80x25 size if i open via double- click
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Command Prompt window size problem "kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkonen85@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190553573.755539.279980@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > On Sep 22, 5:32 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: >> "kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkone...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1190466792.549661.232970@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi, >> > There's a very annoying and stupid problem about "command prompt AKA >> > cmd.exe" in XP. When i open command prompt through "start-cmd.exe" no >> > problem in resizing default window. >> >> > But i have some console applications must be ran with command prompt >> > as natural. But when i run them the Window size is fixed to 80x55 and >> > i'n not allowed to change Windows size even with dragging ! >> >> > Why? What's the reason and annoying restriction of window rezising of >> > command prompt in XP? >> >> > I only have that problem if i launch problem with double-clicking on >> > my app's exe. I don't have any Window restriction problem of Command >> > prompt if run application by running cmd.exe first. >> >> > Thanks. >> >> Then you should invoke your application via the Command Processor! >> >> cmd /c "Kimi's Application" "c:\program files\Some App\abcxyz.exe"- Hide >> quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > You mean i ought to run it from command prompt (cmd.exe) instead of > double-clicking on program? Am i right? > > Why am i forced to do this and why doesn't the next applications open > with the size that i've set previously? > > Everytime all apps open with same size 80x25 size if i open via double- > click > You can run your application from a command prompt if you like but you could also invoke it via a shortcut or via the Run box, using the command I gave you. If I was in your position then I would create a shortcut, then modify the properties of the shortcut to suit my requirements.
Guest Elmo Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Command Prompt window size problem kimiraikkonen wrote: > On Sep 22, 5:32 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: >> "kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkone...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1190466792.549661.232970@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi, >>> There's a very annoying and stupid problem about "command prompt AKA >>> cmd.exe" in XP. When I open command prompt through "start-cmd.exe" no >>> problem in resizing default window. >>> But I have some console applications must be ran with command prompt >>> as natural. But when I run them the Window size is fixed to 80x55 and >>> I'm not allowed to change Windows size even with dragging ! >>> Why? What's the reason and annoying restriction of window resizing of >>> command prompt in XP? >>> I only have that problem if I launch problem with double-clicking on >>> my app's exe. I don't have any Window restriction problem of Command >>> prompt if run application by running cmd.exe first. >>> Thanks. >> Then you should invoke your application via the Command Processor! >> >> cmd /c "Kimi's Application" "c:\program files\Some App\abcxyz.exe"- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > You mean I ought to run it from command prompt (cmd.exe) instead of > double-clicking on program? Am I right? > > Why am I forced to do this and why doesn't the next applications open > with the size that I've set previously? > > Every time all apps open with same size 80x25 size if I open via double- > click. Go to the source, the C:\Windows\System32\ folder and open CMD.exe Right-click the top border, click Defaults. Change to the preferred way the program opens and close. I believe this will cause any program that uses it to open by your preferred method. I _think_ that's how I got command windows to always open maximized. -- Joe =o)
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