A dark theme for the Windows 10 Console, supports both PowerShell and cmd.exe.
There are 3 parts to configure; all of them are optional:
Powershell colors
- Install the prerequisites:
- PSReadLine 2.0 or later. It's installed by default in Windows 10, but you'll most likely need to upgrade it. You can verify your PSReadLine version by running
(Get-Module PSReadLine).Version.Major - Install git integration (posh-git) with
Install-Module -Name posh-git -AllowPrerelease -Force. If you don't have an-AllowPrereleaseflag, upgrade PowerShellGet withInstall-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Forcefirst. If that still doesn't work, see this reported fix (thanks @LukeSavefrogs!).
- PSReadLine 2.0 or later. It's installed by default in Windows 10, but you'll most likely need to upgrade it. You can verify your PSReadLine version by running
- Download and unzip ColorTool. The source code is available from Microsoft.
- Open PowerShell, navigate to the unzipped
ColorTooldirectory, and runinstall.cmd. - Include this powershell configuration in your PowerShell
$profilefile.1 - Right-click on the window titlebar and choose
Properties, then on theFonttab choose Consolas. ClickOKto save.
CMD.exe Prompt
Set the environment variable prompt to $E[1;32;40m→ $E[1;36;40m$p$E[1;35;40m› $E[1;37;40m
Windows Titlebar Color
In Windows 10, the titlebar color can be set system-wide in Settings → Personalization → Colors → Custom color → More → #262835.
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