How to make the prompt in the Command Prompt look like the Linux bash prompt

Example

Here is an example of how the Linux bash in Ubuntu looks like:

Ubuntu in WSL

Tutorial

There is a feature in Command Prompt called the

prompt

command. It lets you change your prompt for example I could type 

prompt hello

it would change my prompt to hello:

When I type

prompt

it goes back to normal!

When I type

prompt /?

it gives me the list of the variables.

Here is the full solution:

If you use the prompt command it will reset when you relaunch the Command Prompt so the solution is to make a registry tweak. NOTE: I am not responsible if you mess up your windows install!!! The easy way to do this is by running this file it has some text in it that when double-clicked will make the registry edits for you! If you are interested in how it works here is the file contents:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor]
"Autorun"="prompt $V $P $_$$$S"

It basically works by running

prompt $V $P $_$$$S

every time you start Command Prompt. When you finish downloading the file open it and you are done!