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   From: NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com   
      
   In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Fri, 04 Sep 2015 19:08:58   
   -0400, micky  wrote:   
      
   >Using XP   
   >Where are parameters for the window a bat file opens   
   >   
   >Earlier, in one of these groups iirc, I showed how to make a cmd box or   
   >a TCC/LE box fill the screen, and have a scroll bar on the right, by   
   >creating an icon that calls either cmd or tccle, and by setting the   
   >Properties/Layout Width to 240, or at least some value higher than 80.   
   >   
   >And how one could change the background color and the font size in other   
   >properties tabs.   
   >   
   >That works great, except I have to start the box first and then type in   
   >the name of my bat file.   
   >   
   >I'd like to just click on the .bat file like I used to, but then it   
   >doesn't matter what settings some uninvolved icon has.   
   >   
   >So I figured it would be in Associations and I looked at Folder Options   
   >/ File Types to see what settings I could change for .bat files.   
   >   
   >Well, it turns out .bat doesn't have an entry in File Types.  Neither   
   >does .exe, com, sys, or scr.   I guess that's why they call it FILE   
   >types and not EXTENSIONS.   
   >   
   >So where are the parameters for a window opened up when one clicks on a   
   >bat file.   Specifically I want to make changes to the layout width, the   
   >background color, (maybe the text color), and the font size.   I know   
   >they're in there somewhere.   
      
   I don't know where they are stored, but I found out where to set them.   
      
   I   
   Click on a .bat file to have it open a cmd window.   Then right click   
   the upper left corner and left click Properties.   I had sort of assumed   
   that the properties were as fleeting as the window, but they're not.   
      
   In Layout, I was able to change Width to 240, and I was able to make the   
   font larger (It was hard to read where I was sitting.  It might have   
   been big enough now that I'm here.) but I wasn't able to make the   
   background blue.  The options were not exactly the same as when there   
   was a shortcut,   
      
   I'm on a new computer now, and the resolution is lower, I think, so   
   instead of turning 80 to 240, I think I had to use 198 or 200.   Trial   
   and error.   Only has to be set once.   
      
      
   >TIA   
      
   You're welcome. Of course I'm the OP!   
      
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