Open-source Command Prompt #17512

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opened 2026-01-31 05:44:42 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @ChaseKnowlden on GitHub (May 18, 2022).

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Open source the Command Prompt Application.

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@leejy12 commented on GitHub (May 19, 2022):

What you're referring to is conhost.exe and its source is already in this repository.

@leejy12 commented on GitHub (May 19, 2022): What you're referring to is `conhost.exe` and its source is already in this repository.
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@ChaseKnowlden commented on GitHub (May 19, 2022):

I looked at it wrong.

@ChaseKnowlden commented on GitHub (May 19, 2022): I looked at it wrong.
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (May 19, 2022):

leejy12 is partially correct. The "console window" that CMD runs inside (and powershell, and ping.exe, ...) is conhost.exe. We are not planning on open sourcing CMD itself (the actual shell, which prints out C:\> and says Microsoft Windows 10.xxx.yyyy at the top).

@DHowett commented on GitHub (May 19, 2022): leejy12 is partially correct. The "console window" that CMD runs inside (and powershell, and ping.exe, ...) is `conhost.exe`. We are not planning on open sourcing `CMD` itself (the actual shell, which prints out `C:\>` and says `Microsoft Windows 10.xxx.yyyy` at the top).
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Reference: starred/terminal#17512