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Enable Full Screen Command Prompt Window Persistently In Windows 7

Copyright © Walker 22 Nov 2009 01:11
Please take note of the difference between “full screen command prompt” and “full screen command prompt window”. Yes, the “window” is the keyword!
Unless you give up Aero desktop experience and change the WDDM driver (Windows Vista Display Driver Model) to Windows XP compatible display driver, there is no easy way to enable a real, windowless full screen command prompt in Windows 7 (or Windows Vista that obsolete).

This trick, however, can easily set Windows 7 to persistently open Command Prompt window in full screen (maximized) mode.


(This video playback is default to high definition (HD), and best watch in full screen mode. Yet another lousy, “silent” screencast in WalkerNews Channel @ YouTube.)

1) Create a shortcut to cmd.exe and double click to open it.

2) Type wmic and press ENTER to get Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line utility running into an interactive mode.

3) Click the maximize button to get a real full screen window of Command Prompt. With Windows 7 default installation setting, you can also click the Command Prompt window title bar and drag it up to the edge of Desktop to get the same maximized window.

You won’t get this “full screen” window mode if you click the maximize button before executing WMIC. Am I right?

4) Right click the maximized Command Prompt window title bar and select “Properties”. In the Properties dialog box, tick the “Quick edit mode” check-box followed by clicking OK button.

This step makes Windows 7 “remember” to maximize Command Prompt to this particular full screen window mode, each time you double click the cmd.exe shortcut created in step 1!

5) Close the Command Prompt window (by click the X button or execute exit command twice to exit from WMIC as well as cmd.exe).

Now, double click the same cmd.exe shortcut again, you should see Windows 7 open Command Prompt in the same maximized, full screen window mode again :-)


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  1. sajjad January 14th, 2010 7:52 PM

    thank u a lot
    it is wonder full
    i am from iran
    good luck

  2. A M Patil March 11th, 2010 1:36 PM

    In Windows 7, How to make Command Prompt window Buffer Size as 50/25 and window size 50/25 in layout option for making window Normal Full Screen mode as like in Win XP.
    This is required for Run Dos Application in Normal Mode (Pressing Alt+Enter for Full Screen and vice versa)

  3. Bassem Samir March 11th, 2010 8:31 PM

    it’s great thanks alot.
    i would like to ask if i have system run under dos and i would like to have it in full screan
    exmple:
    I:
    cd fidelio
    cd fo_data
    fidelio.exe
    dos’t work in full screan.

  4. Abhishek March 27th, 2010 10:32 PM

    Wow….one piece of genius… it was for me, man… now i boast in front of my friends….ha ha ha

  5. Rajasekar April 4th, 2010 2:50 AM

    Thanks a lot…
    Its working… And can i know how to make a full screen view of TURBOC???

  6. Viren April 20th, 2010 6:05 PM

    reallyy….its works…..

    thanx a lottt….

    nice job buuudyyyyy

    thanx again…..

  7. palla sridhar April 27th, 2010 5:05 AM

    Quite informative article. But how do you restore the maximum size of the window, back to its natural state.

  8. Jamy May 10th, 2010 3:56 AM

    I found that myself when typing wmic
    Then I said how the hell did i do that? and forgot
    and THANKS for reminding me xD

  9. birendar May 17th, 2010 7:29 PM

    How command prompt window full screen in fox application

  10. vaibhav May 21st, 2010 4:39 PM

    Thanks.. But please tell about font size increase also.
    When we change font screen size gets distorted.

  11. Mohsen June 24th, 2010 1:46 AM

    how’s this full screen. come on guys, please make sure you know what you’re talking about before posting it as a solution.

    all this solution do is make the screen size way too big and that make seem as if it’s full screen to those who’re aren’t familiar with full screen CMD.

    the full screen is the one you get with when you hit Alt+Enter and also it’s an option you would see it in the display options if actually existed. so the point here is that will windows server 2008 and windows 7, there’s no such thing full screen CMD anymore.

    Thanks

  12. Walker June 24th, 2010 9:44 AM

    You can make the ALT+Enter works IF using XP-compatible display driver instead of Vista-compatible display driver (WDDM).

  13. Jose juan July 9th, 2010 1:21 AM

    Me sirvio de mucho,
    Gracias. :D

  14. Bharath July 31st, 2010 10:52 PM

    Thanks it worked…!