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

Simply run "mode cols,lines" to change the size of the current console window:

mode 120,60

will resize the console window to 120 columns and 60 lines

Answer 2

There is a window's api function to set the width. Here's a tut on it. http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/Consoles/Consoles6.html

Answer 3

You can increase it manually by right-clicking the tray icon and entering the options dialog.

There are also third-party terminal emulators for Windows, such as Console:

Answer 4

system("mode 45, 20");

This is a bad solution because it disables vertical scrolling.

This is better:

system("mode CON: COLS=120");

Answer 5

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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.

Answer 6

If you right click on the title bar of a command window and choose properties, you can change widths in the Layout tab