How can I change the width of a Windows console window?

Question

Is it possible to programmatically, or otherwise, increase the width of the Windows console window? Or do I need to create a wrapper program that looks and acts like the con

Answer 1

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solutions did not work for me and I could not set the layout without getting a access error.

Fix was to close Cygwin, right click properties on the icon in the start menu and edit layout -> window -> height and then say yes to allowing administrator privileges to save settings. (not run as administrator).

now when running Cygwin always gives me a large window.

Windows 7 64bit.