Prevent terminal windows from popping up during start on Windows

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

It's really "ugly" that Darktable opens multiple terminal windows on startup, which close immediately. After all, Darktable is a GUI application, and no other GUI (which are not geared towards developers or really really special purpose) application opens a terminal screen on startup.

This is even worse, because you think that the Ui is opened, and then a terminal window quickly pops up directly in focus, thus preventing being able to click around in the UI.

Describe the solution you'd like

Just start Darktable without any terminal screens :)

Alternatives

I think there is no alternative. This behaviour is just completely unnecessary on Windows and it does not make any sense.

Additional context

I have this issue on Windows 11 Home. I think it might have something to do with the lua interpreter being loaded, and for each lua script loaded there is yet another terminal screen opening? Probably the lua interpreters should be started as GUI process?

Anyway, I cannot imagine how this was not yet discussed, but this is really one of the weirdest UI things I find with Darktable :)

I would also try to give it a go on fixing it myself, although not sure where to start. Any pointers would be appreciated :)

No file or test is identified in the report. Reproduce the issue on Windows and trace the startup path, especially the Lua interpreter launches; done means darktable starts without terminal windows appearing and the UI remains usable.