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Can't get old traditional console host container
Hello, I upgraded to 23H2 and when I open cmd.exe, the new powershell-like tabbed container opens instead the simple console window. It complicates launching of some console-based applications by interfering with keyboards commands and ignoring individual window/font sizes. Is there a chance how can step back to the old simple container or is the container upgrade irreversible? I also have installed PowerShell 7.4.1, not knowing if it affects the container change.
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you can absolutely revert this behavior! What you're seeing is Windows Terminal opening as the default terminal host instead of the classic console window. This change was introduced with the 23H2 update.
