Warning: Editing the system registry can render your computer un-usable if the wrong settings are applied. Back up your system registry before attempting any modification below. Micro Computer Service assumes no responsibility for the results of any modification below that you attempt.  Enter the system registry at your own risk.

These tweaks are a collection obtained over the years from our own needs and discoveries, the Internet, books, magazines or other sources - MCS does not assume full credit for anything below.

User Key: [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]
Value Name: DefaultColor
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = default)

The value DefaultColor controls the foreground and background colors used in command prompt windows. It has a default value of 0, for standard white text on a black background.

You can replace this value with a two-digit hexadecimal number, in which the first digit selects a background color and the second a foreground color. The hexadecimal codes are: