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Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?

 
 
Alzaman
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      03-15-2010
This is true, Windows 7 doesn't offer the "Full Screen" option in properties
as XP, et al, did.

But, you can adjust the buffer and layout size to replicate a full screen,
in the layout tab of properties.



"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:27:17 -0500, LouB <> wrote:
>
>> FiOS-Dave wrote:
>> > Open DOS window. (Run CMD)
>> > click on little icon in the upper left, Properties,
>> > select the width and height for the window.
>> > Can be full screen, if desired.
>> > This has worked as far back as I can remember!
>> >
>> > Dave

>>
>> Have you actually tried your suggestion on a Win7 system?????????
>> I have and it DOES NOT WORK in Win7

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> Whether it works or not depends on your definition of Full Screen. If
> you mean the literal Full-Screen definition that Windows uses, you are
> right--what FiOS-Dave said doesn't work. But if you mean a Window that
> takes up the full screen space (which is almost certainly what the OP
> wanted), yes, it works just fine.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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