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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T22:17:55+00:00 2026-05-10T22:17:55+00:00

While testing a console app, I set the properties of the console window to

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While testing a console app, I set the properties of the console window to be only 3 lines high.

This change has somehow stuck, meaning that new console windows default to 3 lines high. If I create a new shortcut on the desktop, and point it to cmd.exe, the window that opens is 3 lines high.

Of course, I can alter this value using the properties panel, which ultimately results in ‘current window only’/’future windows with same title’/’shortcut that started this window’ dialog to alter the stickiness of the setting. None of these choices results in the default being changed. If, subsequently, I make a new shortcut to cmd.exe, it’s still 3 lines high.

The principal problem is that for any new console app that I write, the first time I debug it, I must change the size setting, and when I run the release build, it’s the same story.

Does anyone know where the default settings for new (i.e. new title or from new shortcut) console app are stored/how to change them?

[and, yes, I feel like a muppet for asking, but I can’t find this info anywhere!]

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  1. 2026-05-10T22:17:56+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 10:17 pm

    Instead of using the Properties menu item – Use the defaults menu item.

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