diff --git a/src/features.xml b/src/features.xml
index 4656ef0ffd..c170d1c834 100644
--- a/src/features.xml
+++ b/src/features.xml
@@ -187,4 +187,15 @@
         </alwaysEnabledBrandingTokens>
     </feature>
 
+    <feature>
+        <name>Feature_ConPtyHwndStyles</name>
+        <description>Experiment with different window styles for the conpty window</description>
+        <id>15219</id>
+        <stage>AlwaysDisabled</stage>
+        <alwaysEnabledBrandingTokens>
+            <brandingToken>Dev</brandingToken>
+            <brandingToken>Canary</brandingToken>
+        </alwaysEnabledBrandingTokens>
+    </feature>
+
 </featureStaging>
diff --git a/src/interactivity/base/InteractivityFactory.cpp b/src/interactivity/base/InteractivityFactory.cpp
index 61f2ece2c5..fad8ef897b 100644
--- a/src/interactivity/base/InteractivityFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/interactivity/base/InteractivityFactory.cpp
@@ -333,9 +333,16 @@ using namespace Microsoft::Console::Interactivity;
                 //
                 // We're doing WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_SYSMENU to get a "minimize
                 // button" for the window, but not the rest of WS_OVERLAPPED, so
-                // that we don't have an actual border, caption, nothing
-                const auto windowStyle = WS_OVERLAPPED | (WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_SYSMENU) | WS_POPUP;
-                const auto exStyles = WS_EX_TRANSPARENT | WS_EX_LAYERED | WS_EX_NOACTIVATE;
+                // that we don't have an actual border, caption, nothing.
+                //
+                // (We're using velocity to experimentally try these changes
+                // out, and gather feedback.)
+                const auto windowStyle = Feature_ConPtyHwndStyles::IsEnabled() ?
+                                             WS_OVERLAPPED | (WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_SYSMENU) | WS_POPUP :
+                                             WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_POPUP;
+                const auto exStyles = Feature_ConPtyHwndStyles::IsEnabled() ?
+                                          WS_EX_TRANSPARENT | WS_EX_LAYERED | WS_EX_NOACTIVATE :
+                                          WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW | WS_EX_TRANSPARENT | WS_EX_LAYERED | WS_EX_NOACTIVATE;
 
                 // Attempt to create window.
                 hwnd = CreateWindowExW(exStyles,
@@ -399,20 +406,6 @@ using namespace Microsoft::Console::Interactivity;
 
         InteractivityFactory* const pFactory = reinterpret_cast<InteractivityFactory*>(pCreateStruct->lpCreateParams);
         SetWindowLongPtrW(hWnd, GWLP_USERDATA, reinterpret_cast<LONG_PTR>(pFactory));
-
-        WINDOWPLACEMENT place{};
-        place.length = sizeof(WINDOWPLACEMENT);
-        if (GetWindowPlacement(hWnd, &place))
-        {
-            POINT& ptMinMaybe = place.ptMinPosition;
-            auto x = ptMinMaybe.x;
-            auto y = ptMinMaybe.y;
-            auto f = x + y;
-            f;
-            ptMinMaybe.x = ptMinMaybe.y = -32000;
-            place.flags = WPF_SETMINPOSITION;
-            LOG_IF_WIN32_BOOL_FALSE(SetWindowPlacement(hWnd, &place));
-        }
     }
 
     // Dispatch the message to the specific class instance
@@ -466,16 +459,6 @@ using namespace Microsoft::Console::Interactivity;
         }
         break;
     }
-    // case WM_GETMINMAXINFO:
-    // {
-    //     auto lpMinMaxInfo = reinterpret_cast<LPMINMAXINFO>(lParam);
-    //     POINT ptMinMaybe = lpMinMaxInfo->ptReserved;
-    //     auto x = ptMinMaybe.x;
-    //     auto y = ptMinMaybe.y;
-    //     auto f = x + y;
-    //     f;
-    //     break;
-    // }
     // case WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING:
     //     As long as user32 didn't eat the `ShowWindow` call because the window state requested
     //     matches the existing WS_VISIBLE state of the HWND... we should hear from it in WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING.
@@ -489,20 +472,6 @@ using namespace Microsoft::Console::Interactivity;
     {
         if (0 == lParam) // Someone explicitly called ShowWindow on us.
         {
-            // WINDOWPLACEMENT place{};
-            // place.length = sizeof(WINDOWPLACEMENT);
-            // if (GetWindowPlacement(hWnd, &place))
-            // {
-            //     POINT& ptMinMaybe = place.ptMinPosition;
-            //     auto x = ptMinMaybe.x;
-            //     auto y = ptMinMaybe.y;
-            //     auto f = x + y;
-            //     f;
-            //     ptMinMaybe.x = ptMinMaybe.y = -32000;
-            //     place.flags = WPF_SETMINPOSITION;
-            //     LOG_IF_WIN32_BOOL_FALSE(SetWindowPlacement(hWnd, &place));
-            // }
-
             _WritePseudoWindowCallback((bool)wParam);
         }
         break;