Shortcut that increases size of batch window (pixels)

[MrKnowItAllxx]

To keep it simple I'll just say I use this shortcut (lifted off a game I downloaded a long time ago) to launch my batch program "Maze.bat" and while I should probably know what exactly this does, I don't... All I know is that when I run this shortcut it makes the batch window quite a bit bigger, I just wanted to know maybe how this works or if there are other switches / tricks like this I could use to do different things

Target of shortcut: %ComSpec% /K "Maze.bat"

[abc0502]

you can add this after the @echo off like that

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@echo off
cls
mode 80,50

the mode controle the width and the hight of the window

if you would like to open the batch maximized add there is a switch /max but this is used to launch other application maximized i don't know about how to use it to start the same batch maximized
it is used like that:

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@echo off
cls
start /max cmd.exe
pause

[MrKnowItAllxx]

Hmm, you should try running the shortcut yourself to understand what I mean by "maximized". The window is literally bigger than if you were to use 'set mode con cols:xx :lines:xx'. I'll try to get pics, but in the mean time try running it with any batch file.

Also if it makes a difference I run vista, but when I ran this on win XP I got a fullscreen batch file, vista is just bigger.

edit: when I read over your code I thought you put 'set mode con cols:xx :lines:xx' - lol, I'm going to go mess around with your mode command, sorry about that

[MrKnowItAllxx]

I would like to ask, is 'mode xx,xx' the same as 'set mode con cols:xx lines:xx'?? It appears to be the same function.

Anyway, I will see if I can retitle this post, because I still notice that when I run with this shortcut as opposed to regularly running the batch file, the actual pixels of the window are displayed bigger.

For example, if I regularly run your program

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@echo off
cls
mode 80,50
pause

It is smaller than if I run it through the shortcut.

[abc0502]

you will have to chnage the numbers like 110,90 like that
if you are trying to make a batch that start a program or another batch in max size try this code

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@echo off
cls
start /max %ComSpex% /c "put your programe directory here"

try it

[MrKnowItAllxx]

I ran this (spelling fixes) but not the same effect =/

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@echo off
cls
start /max %ComSpec% /k "Maze.bat"

Can anyone explain this to me?

[abc0502]

basicly u want to run the maze.bat in a full screen, what is your screen resoulution

start is a command that used to run other progras
/max it tell the start command to start the program at it max size
%comspec% it is cmd.exe
/c tell the comspec or cmd to start the program and then exit so there will be no black cmd window appeared after the program start

u used /k this switch make the cmd window to remain in the desktop after starting the program

[Ed Dyreen]

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http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2839&p=13048&hilit=cmdow#p13048
http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2413&p=10889&hilit=cmdow#p10889

Hope it helps

[foxidrive]

launch my batch program "Maze.bat" All I know is that when I run this shortcut it makes the batch window quite a bit bigger

Target of shortcut: %ComSpec% /K "Maze.bat"

It is not the command that is increasing the window size, the properties of maze.bat must have been changed to increase the window size.

[MrKnowItAllxx]

My apologies for all of this. I found that the properties of the shortcut had been changed and it has nothing to do with the command

But I learned something regardless, thanks for your time