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Why (or when) did Ctrl+[ stop working as a way type the ESC control code in Windows Command Processor (cmd.exe)?

I have a virtual machine with an up-to-date Windows 11 (ver reports Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1555]). When I press Ctrl+[ in a Windows Command Processor (cmd.exe) session nothing happens. ...
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PowerShell, run code if in ConHost but not if in Windows Terminal

I use the below functions in my $profile to get around the incredibly annoying fact that Windows opens 80+% of new PowerShell windows with the cursor position below the taskbar so I have to move the ...
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What is a PowerShell popup?

I am manually configuring the colors of my PowerShell and I am curious what a "popup" is and how I can see it? As of now it seems that only "Selected Screen Colors" changes anything. How might I cause ...
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Windows command line window scroll limit

How to set Windows 10 command line window to unlimited scroll by default, like in Ubuntu? I've set the only two possible option in the property dialog that may be related to buffer to 999, but still ...
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Why don't mouse events work in Windows terminals using ConHost?

I was wondering why mouse events don't seem to work on Windows for most terminals while using OpenSSH. Let me explain. Let's say you're using tmux in WSL, via cmd.exe. Mouse events, last time I ...
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See contents of conhost

Every now and then, various programs create conhost.exe processes on my (Windows 7 x64) computer. I know they are console windows, except the windows themselves are hidden. I don't suspect any ...
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In CMD.exe, "start sh.exe" creates a conhost process which takes 700 MB memory

Git bash (sh.exe) otherwise takes little memory, but when started with CMD's start sh.exe command, it creates a conhost.exe process that takes 3-700 MB memory. Interestingly start cmd /k sh.exe does ...
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What does \??\ mean in \??\C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe?

I noticed this when trying to find an answer to this question. It seems to be exclusively associated with conhost.exe only appearing in the command-line parameters for conhost.exe Also the parameter ...
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(When) is CONHOST.EXE actually necessary?

Background Last year I compiled a portable blog/web-server system that I can run from a flash-drive. It’s great and works wonderfully, especially on XP. The problem is that when it’s run in Windows 7,...
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Visual Studio 11 launches 2 conhost.exe processes

I am running Visual Studio 11 now for a while. I really like it, it has a lot of new features which makes the workdays for a (web)developer a lot easier. But when I look at process explorer, I see ...
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Multiple instances of conhost.exe

My desktop has two instances of conhost.exe running in the background at all times. Some googling brought up a few articles, like this one, but they don't explain why I have multiple instances of ...
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