Color My World

This week, I have another powershell tips may help you make transition from the old command shell. One of the features I like In "br> CMD company Shell color. This order, so that I can change the background and font colors my window. Because I might have a few command window open once, using different colors plan to help me stay organized.

And powershell CMD companies can implement many programs, it can not recognize Color. However, I can around this limitation by adding this feature Alias and I powershell Description: function color ( parameters ([string] dollar plan) cmd.exe / carbon-dollar plan ) set alias color patterns colors from color features require run-time parameters I urge dollar plan. In "br> The CMD company Shell, this parameter is the color attribute, I would like to set console, such as the "FC", will produce a light red font in a white background. You can also use the /? Switching display with the help and access to other performance-dollar plan. In fact, the party color call CMD companies Shell and operating Color command.

Alias is the same company CMD command, you do not have to learn What new things. Beautiful, this is the Windows on schedule, and applies color scheme , powershell to console window.

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know that some of its limitations. CMD shell companies in the run-again without any parameters restore the original color . This is not feasible I powershell function. There is a way out questioned powershell console In order to obtain the current color, but the color as a name and Color command, also surprised by the code. Not that it can not do, but I will leave as a work for you. I will even give you is a hint: yuan host.ui.rawui.