DOS Windows only Half Screen in Windows XP
Posted By Chris Stinson in Windows on January 10, 2008
With Windows XP many DOS programs only display in the top half of the screen when run in full screen mode. Follow the steps below to have the DOS window display properly.
- When in the DOS program full screen, press ALT-ENTER.
- Right-Click on the title bar of the DOS window and select properties.
- Click the layout tab and change the height of the screen buffer and window size to 25.
- Click the screen tab and select Full Screen and click OK.
- A dialog box will pop-up and ask to “save properties for future windows with same title” select this and click OK.
- Enjoy!
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Thanks for sharing this fix which worked great. This had been driving me crazy.
Thanks. This works well for old dos applications that have a fixed width or height.
Yes, this got me out of a(nother) hole. I am most grateful.
I can not tell you how much I have been searching for the answer to this. Thanks
Thank you, I’ve been searching this answer for a while.
Played around with settings for 1 1/2 hrs w/o result, then found this post in 2 mins. Thanx a lot!:-))))
Thank you, In order to use a new HP printer, I had to upgrade to Windows XP.
That meant transferring a lot of data and a dos property management program
that would only run small screen until your help – Thanks again.
It works for me too, on Windows XP SP3
Thanks a lot.
Thanks, had trouble with this on a customers old dos application on XP.
Thank you!! fast and easy, yeah
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Any ideas on how to network an old DOS program. I believe that it is already written into the software but needs a code to be activated??