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By: Wahine
Create a desktop shortcut:
(A.) R.click on the desktop and select New>Shortcut
(B.) In the dialog box type:
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Click Next
(C.) Name the shortcut and click Finish
Set up the shortcut:
(E.) R.click on the shortcut created above and select Properties
(F.) In the Shortcut tab (1) change Start in to C:\
(2) change Shortcut to Ctrl+Alt+C (holding the keys down does this)
(3) change Run to Maximised
(G.) In the Options tab Display options pane bullet Full screen
Click Apply>OK
Usage:
Clicking the desktop shortcut or pressing Ctrl+Alt+C will open a full-screen Command Prompt window.
Use Alt+Enter to toggle between full-screen and normal window.
When using full-screen as described above it is possible to Copy the contents of the Command Prompt
window to the Clipboard using Ctrl+Print Scrn for later Pasting to a text editor, forum etc.
For Cmd.exe switches (used in the Target dialog box) at the Command Prompt enter Cmd/?