# Windows console title

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/windows-console-title/33970>\
**Category:** Core Development\
**Created:** [9 October 2020 02:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/windows-console-title/33970 "2020-10-09T02:40:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@RobC](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RobC)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2020 02:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/windows-console-title/33970/1 "2020-10-09T02:40:24Z")

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Hi Folks,  
Just wondering if there is an easy way to alter the command shell title for node-red running in windows.  
I often run 3 or 4 instances interactively - I'd like to alter the title to be "node-red (port) {path}" etc. I can put this into a bat file, which works for a second but then changes to npm and then ultimately to node-red.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2020 19:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/windows-console-title/33970/2 "2020-10-09T19:57:58Z")

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You might want to have a look at the [Windows Terminal Preview](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal). You can install it from the Windows Store. Alternatively ConEmu. You could also use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which gives you a Linux environment in Windows and allows you to use BASH.

Also, if you are running multiple instances, you might want to use PM2 which gives you several nice features (though isn't the lightest weight tool in the world).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [8 December 2020 19:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/windows-console-title/33970/3 "2020-12-08T19:58:00Z")

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