I had a strange occurrence yesterday in a CMD window. I must have hit some (as yet unknown to me) combination of keystrokes, and I got a purple insert in the cmd window. This inset contained some of the the commands I had entered. I was able, via some CNTL-_ keystrokes to change the color form purple to green. In this state the CMD window is unusable. Does anyone know how I got into this state and how I get out of this state? I have no idea what text to enter into a Google search string. See the attached screenshot. Thanks.
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Strange Occurrence in Win 10 22H2 CMD Windoqw
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 27, 2024 at 10:40 am #2642633Might be worth checking this page on Microsoft Community re. ‘Command Prompt Colours’:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/command-prompt-colors/69725157-2af8-4dfa-ab85-be12cd8a6137
Then check Martmcd (Independent Advisor) responses dated 14/15 October 2019. -
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