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Since Apr 23, 2026.
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Description
This is more of a Windows problem than a desktop problem, but the Win32 application runtime disables all console output. This is fine for production, but makes debugging difficult. Using the AllocConsole function to create a console with hooks for stdin, stdout, and stderr should be sufficient.
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