How to change background and foreground colour of the text in Command Prompt

June 11, 2009

Windows 48 x 48 IconHave you ever wish to change the black and white look of Command prompt (cmd)? Ya its possible, we can change the black and white Colour to our own choice. There are 2 alternative method of changing the Command Prompt Colour.

1.) By Registry Editor
2.) By TuneUp Utilities

Method 1.) By Registry Editor:

a.) Open the Registery Editor (Start > Run > Regedit) and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor.

b.) Locate to DWORD value “DefaultColour“.

In the right pane, modify the “DefaultColour” value, putting in a hexadecimal number say “E4″. The first digit of this value determines the background colour, and the second digit determines the foreground colour of the text.

Preview:

cmd

In this case, ‘E’ corresponds to Light yellow colour, and ‘4′ corresponds to Red The result in command prompt window with red text on yellow background. Similarly you can set your own choice  according to this table:

cmd hex value

Method 2.) By TuneUp Utilities:

1.) Open TuneUp Utilities > Customize Windows > TuneUp System Control > Navigate to, Administration > System > Command Prompt > Advance.

TuneUp Utilities

2.) Choose any colour of your choice & Press Apply.

cmd 4

3.) Restart your PC to see Effects.

That’s It.

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