Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:23:13 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: popup consoles on Windows 7
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On Jun 26 10:39, Andy Koppe wrote:
> 2009/6/26 Corinna Vinschen
> > The issue will definitely not be fixed in RTM.  Oh well.
> 
> :(
> 
> > We will have
> > to find a W7 workaround for our method of creating a hidden console.  I
> > have asked Microsoft to provide us with a workaround but I have no
> > really big hope that they can or will do it.  Any suggestions?
> 
> The proper, yet probably completely impractical solution: compile
> Cygwin programs for the GUI subsystem instead of the console one and
> attach to the parent process' console, if any, with explicit calls at
> program startup. POSIX programs don't use the Win32 console API, so
> there should be no need to always have a console available.

The problem is rather that you want to be able to run certain native
applications which refuse to run if no console is allocated.  Or they
pop up a console on their own.

> Otherwise:
> 
>     DWORD version = GetVersion();
>     version = ((version & 0xff) << 8) | ((version >> 8) & 0xff);
>     if (version >= 0x0601 && AllocConsole())
>       ShowWindowAsync(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE);
> 
> Still looks bad though, with "subliminal" popups, as demonstrated by
> mintty on Windows 7.

And what's really bad is that the console shows up in the taskbar.

I already tried if creating another desktop will help to fix this
problem, but to no avail.  I'm still looking, but it seems to be
a dead end.


Corinna

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