# How to Change Background and Font Color in Windows CMD

Hi there👋 , welcome here. Today we shall see how to customise your windows command prompt with different styling.

```CMD``` is an acronym for command it is similar to the ```MS-DOS``` prompt used in ```DOS``` and legacy Windows 9x systems. 

The command prompt is a native application of the Windows operating system and gives the users an option to perform operations using commands. 

Think of a command prompt as an interpreter which accepts the commands or the input from the user and translates it into machine language.

By default, Windows ```PowerShell``` comes with a blue background and ```cmd ``` comes with a black one.

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1639916050637/9W0ue8D-V.png)

The command prompt itself is actually an executable CLI program, cmd.exe <br>
TLDR;

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Understand the difference between ```cmd``` & ```PowerShell``` from my blog  [here](https://blog.octachart.com/top-30-cmd-commands-for-windows) :

```Step 1```. <Br>
First of all, launch the CMD on your PC from the Start menu or Windows button. You can type ```cmd``` or ```command```. This does not require any admin rights.

```Step 2```. <Br>
When the CMD is open then you need to right-click on the Title Bar of CMD after that tap on the Properties.

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1639916480999/6Q41XLy3d.png)

```Step 3```. <Br>
Once the CMD properties are open then click on the Colors tab from the menu after that check the box of Screen Text then select the colour settings you need. 

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1639916583582/cZhjqUI0W.png)

As you can see in the screenshot above, we have different tabs from the menu bar that we can utilise to customise our shell more like  <br>
🛠 ```Options``` - More extended settings like keyboard shortcuts etc<br>
🛠 ```Font``` - Increase & Decrease Font Sizes, Weight etc <br>
🛠 ```Layout``` - Customise the frame look<br>
🛠 ```Colours```- Background, pop up colors etc<br>
🛠 ```Terminal``` - More Terminal customisation, type etc<br>


Continue tweaking the settings until you get what you want!

```Step 4``` Click ```ok``` button to apply changes.

```Step 5``` Close  all open terminals & Restart your CMD

That's It!
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