Create profile and set console font

Question

Hi,
I'm not really a powershell expert, even though i use it daily. I've been looking into creating a profile to make life easier. So i made a little script to auto create a profile and set the console properties, load some modules etc.
The one thing i have not found an answer for is how can i set the console to use Lucinda Console font in stead of that dreadful raster font?
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Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks. I am aware of the console settings available to powershell, but thanks anyway.
So the reg settings should be stored for the current user only in the key HKCU\Console. That will only affect the logged on user. It is not dynamic, as you say, but that's ok. I just need to have it set.
So changing the following settings would change the font for CMD.exe and powershell.exe:
REG ADD HKCU\Console /v FaceName /d "Lucida Console" /f
REG ADD HKCU\Console /v FontSize /t REG_DWORD /d 0x000c0000 /f
REG ADD HKCU\Console /v FontWeight /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000190 /f
REG ADD HKCU\Console /v FontFamily /t REG_DWORD /d 0x36 /f
Push-Location
Set-Location HKCU:\Console
New-Item ".\%SystemRoot%_system32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe"
Set-Location ".\%SystemRoot%_system32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe"
New-ItemProperty . FaceName -type STRING -value "Lucida Console"
New-ItemProperty . FontFamily -type DWORD -value 0x00000036
New-ItemProperty . FontSize -type DWORD -value 0x000c0000
New-ItemProperty . FontWeight -type DWORD -value 0x00000190
New-ItemProperty . HistoryNoDup -type DWORD -value 0x00000000
New-ItemProperty . QuickEdit -type DWORD -value 0x00000001
Pop-Location
Push-Location
Set-Location HKCU:\Console
New-Item '.\%SystemRoot%_SysWOW64_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe'
Set-Location '.\%SystemRoot%_SysWOW64_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe'
New-ItemProperty . FaceName -type STRING -value "Lucida Console"
New-ItemProperty . FontFamily -type DWORD -value 0x00000036
New-ItemProperty . FontSize -type DWORD -value 0x000c0000
New-ItemProperty . FontWeight -type DWORD -value 0x00000190
New-ItemProperty . HistoryNoDup -type DWORD -value 0x00000000
New-ItemProperty . QuickEdit -type DWORD -value 0x00000001
Pop-Location
So, that should've done the trick. I can open cmd.exe and powershell.exe, open the system menu, go to defaults, and verify that the settings are in fact set. However, the settings just doesn't take effect. I even opened the properties dialog box for the
PowerShell shortcut, to check the settings and I can still confirm that it had set the font correctly.
Still, whenever I launch PowerShell, I am greeted with the ugly raster font. So, the last check I did was to go into properties in the PowerShell window system menu, and check the font.
It was set to raster. So I changed it. The next time I opened PowerShell, it was back to raster.
So, no matter where I set it, or what I set, it still goes back to raster every da** time.
Where i come from, we call this a bug... A very annoying bug...
Edit: Btw, this is only happening on a handful of servers, not all. On some i am able to successfully script changing the font.
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