Windows command prompt blink cursor

Is there a way to stop the cursor blinking in the Windows command prompt? I have tried setting blink speed to 'none' in Control Panel, but the bloody thing is still blinking me to insanity.

EDIT I didn't set the blink speed to 'none' properly. I did now and it works. I'll keep the question here anyway for future reference. /EDIT

3 Answers

Options, options.

1. Noblink: , TSR which allow no blinking cursors

2. Console: , a better cmd.exe

All you need can be done as simply as issuing:

control main.cpl keyboard

from Run prompt (Win+R) and setting the:

Cursor blink rate to None either by mouse or by keyboard shortcuts of:

Alt+B and Left button.

Note

control keyword can be omitted.

control is actually the "short form" of:

c:\Windows\System32\control.exe

executable file which starts .cpl Control Panel files,

main.cpl being the argument file also residing in that directory.

:)

You can run this command in Cmd and restart Cmd:

reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v CursorBlinkRate /t REG_SZ /d -1 /f

This will set the the value of Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop value CursorBlinkRate to -1. Which will stop Command Prompt cursor blinking.