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Microsoft's making over the Windows Console, the tool that throws up a command line interface and which has hung around in Windows long after DOS was sent to the attic and told not to show itself in polite company. The company's revealed that in Windows 10 build 16257 the Console will get new … colours. Yup, that's all. …

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  1. cutterman

    Hrg Nenad (yup, that;s his name!) at www.softwareok.com does a lovely ColorConsole app that has lots and lots of neat tricks to it.

    I never had trouble with the old console and knew all the switches by heart. Use'ta love writing batch files that batch files aren't supposed to be able to do.

    But what do I care? I installed bash on Windows 10 and am back in familiar territory.

    Mac

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