How can I make the `cmd.exe` window full-screen in Windows 7?

Question

How can I make the cmd.exe window full-screen in Windows 7?

Answer 1

This is a more concise way to perform the steps in @Enrique's answer. I'm posting this in case the source in his answer disappears.

1. Open a command prompt (cmd.exe)
2. From inside the command prompt window, run wmic
3. Right-Click the title bar of the command prompt window and select Properties
4. Check QuickEdit Mode
5. Exit the command prompt

All subsequent launches of the command prompt will have a horizontal scroll bar and support maximizing the window.

Once these steps have been followed, I'm not sure how to return the command prompt to the original state.

Answer 2

Press Alt + Enter.

That's it.