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Windows Command Prompt Window Buffer Size won't change

Anonymous
2021-01-31T09:58:12+00:00

Every time I open my Command Prompt and look at the Layout Tab in Properties, it will always have the Screen Buffer Size height equal to 30, even if I previously set it to something else. In the Defaults window I set it to 9999 but it doesn't seem to do anything. I have even set the height to 999 in the Command Prompt shortcut properties, but it still doesn't work. I checked the Registry Key for  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console and set the ScreenBufferSize for it and everything in it, so that the Height would be 999 and it still doesn't seem to work. This issue mostly bothers me because when using Visual Studio, my console window also opens with default height 30, so I lose most of my output.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-31T15:47:11+00:00

    Do the chosen properties stick in the shortcut itself?

    What happens when you issue this command at the Command Prompt:

    mode con lines=900

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-31T12:10:42+00:00

    Yes, I've tried to change it to even as low as 40, or even 20 which is less than the current default (30), yet it is always 30 when I open the Command Prompt.

    It's not just the Height option. It seems as if none of the options are remembered when the Console is launched as it just sets to some "default" that it decides, ignoring any default that I actually tried to set.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-31T11:04:21+00:00

    These are the settings for me when I open the properties of the Command Prompt shortcut:

    But when I actually open the Command Prompt and right click on the Window and select properties, I get this:

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-01T14:15:13+00:00

    Unfortunately the mods didn't stick on the shortcut copied to the desktop. The mods stay same in the properties window of the shortcut the whole time, but the Console that actually opens still has it's Layout properties set to 100 for Width, and 30 for Height.

    Also I noticed that the changes in the Layout Tab are the only ones not sticking. When I set the Font, Color or other options to something different, they are applied in the Console that opens. For some reason only the Layout options are problematic.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-01-31T17:14:00+00:00

    They don't stick. When I issue that command, the console does gain more lines, but only for the duration of that one use. When I close it and open it again, it goes back to 30.

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