ConEmu.exe command line switches

Note From build 140106 you may use either ‘/’style or ‘-‘style switches.

NB Switches -run and -runlist are renovated variants of -cmd and -cmdlist to avoid their confusing with cmd.exe. These switches were introduced in build 160416. Use -cmd and -cmdlist for older builds.

NB ConEmuC.exe command line switches are described here.

Examples

Example 1

ClearType is ON, using font face name ‘Lucida Console’, font height 16. Starts FAR manager in the folder ‘C:\1 2’.

ConEmu.exe -ct -font "Lucida Console" -size 16 -run far.exe "c:\1 2\"

Example 2

Starts continuous operation minimized in taskbar status area (TSA), use icon from “cmd.exe”.

ConEmu.exe -tsa -min -icon "cmd.exe" -run cmd /c dir c:\ /s

Example 3 (-runlist)

Start four cmd tabs in a grid 2x2 (Win+R or shortcut syntax).

ConEmu.exe -runlist cmd -cur_console:fn ||| cmd -cur_console:s1TVn ||| cmd -cur_console:s1THn ||| cmd -cur_console:s2THn

Example 4 (four tabs)

Starts with four tabs: Far Manager, CMD, PowerShell and Bash.

• Far.exe will be active console;
• Cmd.exe will be started with 400 lines buffer height in the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% directory and special color 4F (white on red);
• PowerShell will be started as Administrator with 1000 lines buffer height in the %USERPROFILE% directory;
• Bash (MinGW) will be started in the C:\Source directory.

Win+R or shortcut syntax (following is one-line command, splitted for clearness)

ConEmu.exe -runlist
  >"C:\Program Files\Far\far.exe"
  ||| cmd /k color 4F "-cur_console:h400d:%ALLUSERSPROFILE%"
  ||| *powershell "-cur_console:h1000d:%USERPROFILE%"
  ||| C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe --login -i "-cur_console:d:C:\Source"

batch files (bat, cmd) syntax (following is one-line command, splitted for clearness).

rem Remove line breaks after paste!
start "ConEmu" "C:\Program Files\ConEmu\ConEmu.exe" -runlist
  ^>"C:\Program Files\Far\far.exe"
  ^|^|^| cmd /k color 4F "-cur_console:h400d:%ALLUSERSPROFILE%"
  ^|^|^| *powershell "-cur_console:h1000d:%USERPROFILE%"
  ^|^|^| C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe --login -i "-cur_console:d:C:\Source"

or

ConEmu.exe -run @startfile.txt

or

ConEmu.exe -run {taskname}

Sample startfile.txt or contents of {taskname}

>"C:\Program Files\Far\far.exe"
cmd /k color 4F "-cur_console:h400d:%ALLUSERSPROFILE%"
*powershell "-cur_console:h1000d:%USERPROFILE%"
C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe --login -i "-cur_console:d:C:\Source"

Example 5

Following example is for use within cmd’s batch files or from cmd.exe prompt itself. Starts with three cmd tabs, set different bg/fg color (color command after /k switch) and different working directory (C:\, D:\, E:\).

Following is one-line command, splitted for clearness.

start "Three tabs" "C:\Program Files\ConEmu\ConEmu.exe" -runlist
  ^> cmd /k color 4C -cur_console:d:C:\
  ^|^|^| cmd /k color 5D -cur_console:d:D:\
  ^|^|^| cmd /k color 2A -cur_console:d:E:\

Rarely used switches