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Title: need a cmd alternative
Post by: jack on December 16, 2022, 12:58:55 AM

ARGG! the latest version of Windows 11 royally screwed-up cmd.exe
you no longer have the option to set the buffer size, basically you have 0 useful customization options
I tried conemu and it's nice BUT it doesn't recognize exit code 0 that most of my console programs produce, instead of a simple <return> I have to press <return> 3 or 4 times to close the stupid console
I also tried kitty but it's not even close to the functionality of the good old cmd
any suggestions ?

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: C3 on December 16, 2022, 01:04:36 AM

Hi Jack,

How about using Powershell? I'm using good old cmd with Developer Mode with Visual Studio add scripts. And then Powershell when needed, but it requires some training, I'll forget things as I learn stuff. Nice cycle of things. They work enough for me.

Regards Petter

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: morgot on December 16, 2022, 05:04:51 AM

What changes have been made to the cmd.exe in Win11? Didn't notice anything.

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: Vortex on December 16, 2022, 06:14:42 AM

Hello,

Powershell's paradigm is different, it's an object oriented scripting language. Some alternatives are Cygwin and Busybox for Windows.

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: jack on December 16, 2022, 11:13:28 AM

Quote from: morgot on December 16, 2022, 05:04:51 AM

What changes have been made to the cmd.exe in Win11? Didn't notice anything.

hi morgot  :smiley:
the changes happened in Windows Version   10.0.22621 Build 22621
it looks like the old cmd was replaced with windows terminal or something but seriously lacking in features, you can't set the buffer size or the number of rows, there's hardly any useful options in the settings, if your output exceeds the buffer it just gets truncated
@Vortex thanks for the suggestion

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: jack on December 16, 2022, 11:29:23 AM

Vortex, Busybox doesn't work as a cmd replacement  :sad:

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: jack on December 16, 2022, 12:47:30 PM

while installing a firecmd my old cmd showed up, at least it had the appearance color and size of my old cmd, so is it possible the old cmd is buried somewhere?
there's a 32-bit of the old cmd in SysWOW64 but I haven't been able to launch it from the geany IDE

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: jack on December 16, 2022, 01:07:50 PM

forget it!
I am going back to the previous version of windows

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: learn64bit on December 16, 2022, 02:23:51 PM

Win7 64 is really good, try it!

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: Shintaro on December 16, 2022, 04:42:33 PM

You could try NTVDM HERE.


 (https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64)

Title: Re: need a cmd alternative
Post by: daydreamer on December 16, 2022, 09:13:58 PM

Quote from: learn64bit on December 16, 2022, 02:23:51 PM

Win7 64 is really good, try it!

I agree :thumbsup: