I know you can do right click properties ->layout and there change it manually.
But how would you go about changing it from a Windows batch script?
I know yo
As a workaround, you may use...
Windows Powershell ISE
As the Powershell script editor does not seems to have a buffer limitation in its read-eval-print-loop part (the "blue" part). And with Powershell you may execute DOS commands as well.
PS. I understand this answer is a bit aside the original question, however I believe it is good to mention as it is a good workaround.