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172} How to change and restore the title bar text of the command prompt?
Setting the window title for the command prompt window in a script is
straight-forward:
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
title A title for the command prompt window
endlocal & goto :EOF
So far, so good. But what if we wish only a
temporary title for the duration of running a script?
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
cmd /c title A transient caption
rem Next do whatever
echo Take a look at the title bar
rem Wait for a moment
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1>nul
endlocal & goto :EOF
There is another option, but you'll the have to
call the script with
cmd /k scriptname
and terminate afterwards with
exit.
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
title A transient title
rem Next do whatever
echo Take a look at the title bar
endlocal & goto :EOF
/c "Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates"
/k "Carries out the command specified by string but remains"
The
START command has similar
connotations, but it is covered in
another item.
Assorted NT/2000/XP/.. CMD.EXE Script Tricks
