Changing color scheme of console output in mRemoteNG

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I use mRemoteNG to handle all my remote connections to servers. The only negative point I have run into is that the colorscheme of console output is not good. Directories are listed in dark blue and on a black background this is barely readable.

How can I change the colorscheme to something else?

score 44 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 28 '19 at 16:57

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For a specific session:

Right click on the console, this should display the putty settings, you will be able to change color scheme in Windows --> Colours

To change default:

In mRemoteNG Tools --> Advanced --> Launch Putty
Change color settings as described above
Click Session
Select "Default Settings"
Click Save
Click Close

edited Feb 28 '19 at 16:57

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answered Aug 07 '14 at 20:22

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This does not work when I close and reopen the session. So the settings are transient. Did you figure out a way in which you can persist the colors so that it is applied in the next session as well? – Knows Not Much Dec 21 '14 at 06:06
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If you want to make your settings persistent, before to push the Apply button in the putty settings menu, you have to: 1) go to the "Session" tab 2) select the "Default Settings" 3) click Save – nicolimo86 May 07 '15 at 07:49

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 18 '14 at 23:18

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The colours you need to change in the putting settings after using the Ctrl+right-click and selecting "settings" are the following:

ANSI Blue
ANSI Blue Bold

edited Sep 18 '14 at 23:18

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answered Sep 18 '14 at 22:29

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 06 '18 at 13:11

To change the Font size in mRemoteNG: Open mRemoteNG normally

go to Tools

go to options

go to advanced

in the open dialog box to the right you will see an option Launch PuTTY, click on it, The PuTTY window opens up,

Go to appearance/Font Settings,

Click on 'Change',

Select Font/Font style/size,

Click OK at the bottom.

And you are good to go. this worked on my notebook Windows 7. if you need any help on this topic, please let me know

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 27 '18 at 12:43

Just wanted to share my solution using Kitty (should work also for Putty after modifying registry key)

Kitty uses a sessions folder to store its settings, so no registry key changes need to be performed to get this working.

Steps for Kitty

Install MRemoteNG
Go to install directory (default C:\Program Files (x86)\mRemoteNG )
Rename PuTTYNG.exe to PuTTYNG.exe.bak
Copy the Kitty portable executable and sessions folder to the installation location of MRemoteNG
Rename Kitty.exe with PuTTYNG.exe
Open MRemoteNG session and enjoy a solarized terminal!

MremoteNG Solarized terminal using Kitty

Source

Kitty solarized themes: https://github.com/yograf/kitty-solarized

Putty themes: https://github.com/AlexAkulov/putty-color-themes

Note: Putty requires registry key modification to replace the color scheme.

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 16 '20 at 09:22

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I could not save the settings. The decision that others suggested did not help. How I solved the problem:

Uploaded the color scheme. I saved it through the registry.
Opened PuttyNG settings
Selected a saved session (optional, you can make changes to the settings)
Entered the line "Default Settings" and save.

In this way, I managed to change the default settings.

edited Apr 16 '20 at 09:22

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 21 '20 at 12:34

Easiest and safest way to do it, works on your office laptop too since registry modification is prohibited there.

putty > window > appearance > adjust font size and type > click ok
putty > window > colours > choose foreground/background etc., > modify > choose color> click ok
click session > default settings > save. Now try opening an ssh from this putty session and verify that the default settings are applied and all sessions are looking the way you wanted.
mremoteng > tools > options > advanced > use custom putty path > select your putty.exe > click ok Enjoy your custom settings, colors and fonts.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 28 '20 at 23:34

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The change from mremoteng didn't work. Had to go to the putty app and make the change advised above, and rebooted the mremoteng seemed to work.

answered Oct 28 '20 at 23:34

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 02 '23 at 17:19

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What you have to do is:

Modify in regular Putty your custom settings.
Then in every mRemoteNG connection, choose the Putty Session you want. And that's it

Next time you open your mremoteng session, it'll with the new color settings.

answered Aug 02 '23 at 17:19

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