Console window is suppressed for console applications

[snake.scaly@…]

When a Windows console application is started from muCommander, console window doesn't show up. This looks like nothing happens for console utilities, and for interactive console programs this leads to non-responsive programs visible only in task manager. A console window must always appear when a console program is run, either a system or the built-in one.

[sclebo05@…]

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When a Windows console application is started from muCommander, console window
doesn't show up. This looks like nothing happens for console utilities, and
for interactive console programs this leads to non-responsive programs visible
only in task manager. A console window must always appear when a console
program is run, either a system or the built-in one.

I'm not understanding this. If I type Ctrl-R and run 'dir' I see the output in my console (the muco one). Is this what you are referring to, or is there another test I should do ?

[snake.scaly@…]

(In reply to comment #1)

(In reply to comment #0)

When a Windows console application is started from muCommander, console window
doesn't show up.

I'm not understanding this. If I type Ctrl-R and run 'dir' I see the output in
my console (the muco one).

No, the Ctrl-R console works reasonably well. What I'm talking about is when you press 'Enter' on an .exe file in a MuCommander? panel, but that .exe file is a console application.

To reproduce, go to your %windir%\system32, find cmd.exe and press Enter. It's like nothing happens, but cmd.exe appears in Task Manager's process view. Press Enter many times, and many cmd.exe will start, without you even noticing.