How to obtain other colors with the COLOR command

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

Since last window update, my shortcut to CMD.EXE yields stupid text and
background colors, instead of those I had chosen with Properties of this icon.

How can I obtain a text color other than the 16 available with the COLOR
command? e.g. red-green-blue = 0-255-128

Bye,

[JJ]

Post by Jean-Pierre Coulon
Since last window update, my shortcut to CMD.EXE yields stupid text and
background colors, instead of those I had chosen with Properties of this icon.
How can I obtain a text color other than the 16 available with the COLOR
command? e.g. red-green-blue = 0-255-128
Bye,

Not possible using the COLOR command. You'll have to use a separate tool
which changes the current console's color table - like the one shown on the
"Colors" tab of the console's Properties dialog. Note: native console. NOT
Terminal console (crap).

e.g. Microsoft's ColorTool

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/1904.29002

Use the `.ini` file based color scheme, since it's a lot simpler than the
`.itemcolors` file based (but it support color calibration).

Note: may require at least Windows Vista.

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

Thanks. When I right click my command-prompt icon and run it as administrator,
everything is OK.

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

After I obtained the command-prompt window, when I right click in the
title bar, it shows a hell lot of off-topic tabs, instead of the usual
tabs to change font, buffer size, colors etc.

Is it a bug of the last Windows version?

[JJ]

Post by Jean-Pierre Coulon
After I obtained the command-prompt window, when I right click in the
title bar, it shows a hell lot of off-topic tabs, instead of the usual
tabs to change font, buffer size, colors etc.
Is it a bug of the last Windows version?

The latest Windows version, replaced the native console window with Windows
Terminal (crap).

You can change it back to original as show in below screenshots. (long URLs
warning)

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[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

Post by JJ
The latest Windows version, replaced the native console window with Windows
Terminal (crap).
You can change it back to original as show in below screenshots. (long URLs
warning) [...]

Thanks. I had to do it with my new "admin" command-prompt because the
title bar of the present window does not give access to the good old
Properties, Terminal window.

And I had to put back Colors, Buffer size etc. as I like.

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

Post by JJ
The latest Windows version, replaced the native console window with Windows
Terminal (crap).
You can change it back to original as show in below screenshots. (long URLs
warning) [...]

Thanks. I had to do it with my new "admin" command-prompt because the
title bar of the present window does not give access to the good old
Properties, Terminal window.

And I had to put back Colors, Buffer size etc. as I like.