C# open cmd as admin via code and change font and background colors

Question

Trying to change the cmd window colors. this does not work?

             ProcessStartInfo p1 = new ProcessStartInfo();
             p1.Verb = "runas";
             p1.FileName = "cmd.exe";
             p1.Arguments = "color 80";
             Process.Start(p1);

What do you mean by "this does not work?"? – Mathias R. Jessen Jan 02 '17 at 23:56 — Mathias R. Jessen, Jan 02 '17 at 23:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '17 at 00:00

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Add /K:

ProcessStartInfo p1 = new ProcessStartInfo();
p1.Verb = "runas";
p1.FileName = "cmd.exe";
p1.Arguments = "/K color 80";
Process.Start(p1);

Reasoning: COLOR is an "internal command".

answered Jan 03 '17 at 00:00

ulrichb

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Thank you so much for the help it works! – T Phillips Jan 03 '17 at 01:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '17 at 00:01

Do the following:

Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "/T:17"; //this would be blue colour
proc.StartInfo.Domain = "domainname"; //use if domain user
proc.StartInfo.UserName = "username";
proc.StartInfo.Password = "password";
proc.Start();

For the colours issue you can see here how to set:

http://ss64.com/nt/color.html

C# open cmd as admin via code and change font and background colors

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