starred/terminal
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal.git synced 2026-02-04 05:35:20 +00:00
Code Issues 19.0k Packages Projects Releases 20 Wiki Activity

When I create a profile to run a cmd with psexec as SYSTEM, the cursor shows up in wrong place #22321

New Issue
Closed
opened 2026-01-31 08:09:45 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:09:45 +00:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @amithegde on GitHub (Sep 27, 2024).

Windows Terminal version

1.22.2362.0

Windows build number

10.0.26100.1742

Other Software

psexec latest version

Steps to reproduce

  • Create a profile like this:

{ "guid": "{8b2b34e0-bd6b-4f2c-a653-e59f87c30488}", "name": "CMD as SYSTEM", "commandline": "Q:\\Tools\\SysinternalsSuite\\PsExec.exe -s cmd.exe", "startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%", "hidden": false },

  • open the new profile

Be sure to update psexec location after downloading https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec

Expected Behavior

Commandline should behave normally

Actual Behavior

The cursor shows up few lines above at the beginning instead of showing up at the correct prompt line

like this
image

Originally created by @amithegde on GitHub (Sep 27, 2024). ### Windows Terminal version 1.22.2362.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.26100.1742 ### Other Software psexec latest version ### Steps to reproduce + Create a profile like this: `{ "guid": "{8b2b34e0-bd6b-4f2c-a653-e59f87c30488}", "name": "CMD as SYSTEM", "commandline": "Q:\\Tools\\SysinternalsSuite\\PsExec.exe -s cmd.exe", "startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%", "hidden": false },` + open the new profile Be sure to update psexec location after downloading https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec ### Expected Behavior Commandline should behave normally ### Actual Behavior The cursor shows up few lines above at the beginning instead of showing up at the correct prompt line like this ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bfd1ec61-01e1-468d-9ef5-b542d6561f4c)
claunia added the Needs-TriageIssue-BugNeeds-Author-Feedback labels 2026-01-31 08:09:45 +00:00
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:09:46 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2024):

FWIW, I think this is because CMD is reattaching to the console owned by psexec, which it is not allowed to do.

The docs for psexec explain that -i is required for console applications.

arg desc
-i Run the program so that it interacts with the desktop of the specified session on the remote system. If no session is specified the process runs in the console session. This flag is required when attempting to run console applications interactively (with redirected standard IO).

emphasis original; I did not add it

PsExec is not intended to be used to connect one console application to another console application's session.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2024): FWIW, I think this is because CMD is reattaching to the console owned by psexec, which it is not allowed to do. The [docs for `psexec`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec#using-psexec) explain that `-i` is _required_ for console applications. > arg | desc > -- | -- > `-i` | Run the program so that it interacts with the desktop of the specified session on the remote system. If no session is specified the process runs in the console session. This flag is **required** when attempting to run console applications interactively (with redirected standard IO). _emphasis original; I did not add it_ --- PsExec is not intended to be used to connect one console application to another console application's session.
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
Clear labels
⛺ Reserved
A11yCO
A11yMAS
A11ySev1
A11ySev2
A11ySev3
A11yTTValidated
A11yUsable
A11yVoiceAccess
A11yWCAG
Area-Accessibility
Area-AtlasEngine
Area-AzureShell
Area-Build
Area-Build
Area-Chat
Area-CmdPal
Area-CodeHealth
Area-Commandline
Area-CookedRead
Area-DefApp
Area-Extensibility
Area-Fonts
Area-GroupPolicy
Area-i18n
Area-Input
Area-Interaction
Area-Interop
Area-Localization
Area-Output
Area-Performance
Area-Portable
Area-Quality
Area-Remoting
Area-Rendering
Area-Schema
Area-Server
Area-Settings
Area-SettingsUI
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-Suggestions
Area-Suggestions
Area-TerminalConnection
Area-TerminalControl
Area-Theming
Area-UserInterface
Area-VT
Area-Windowing
Area-WPFControl
AutoMerge
Blocking-Ingestion
Culprit-Centennial
Culprit-WinUI
Disability-All
Disability-Blind
Disability-LowVision
Disability-Mobility
External-Blocked-WinUI3
Fixed
Gathering-Data
good first issue
HCL-E+D
HCL-WindowsTerminal
Help Wanted
Impact-Compatibility
Impact-Compliance
Impact-Correctness
Impact-Visual
In-PR
InclusionBacklog
InclusionBacklog-Windows TerminalWin32
InclusionCommitted-202206
Issue-Bug
Issue-Docs
Issue-Feature
Issue-Feature
Issue-Question
Issue-Samples
Issue-Scenario
Issue-Task
Needs-Attention
Needs-Author-Feedback
Needs-Bisect
Needs-Discussion
Needs-Repro
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Triage
No-Recent-Activity
Priority-0
Priority-1
Priority-2
Priority-3
Product-Cmd.exe
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Conhost
Product-Conpty
Product-Meta
Product-Powershell
Product-Terminal
Product-WSL
pull-request
Mirrored from GitHub Pull Request
 Resolution-Answered
Resolution-By-Design
Resolution-Duplicate
Resolution-External
Resolution-Fix-Available
Resolution-Fix-Committed
Resolution-No-Repro
Resolution-Won't-Fix
Severity-Blocking
Severity-Crash
Severity-DataLoss
spam
this-will-be-a-breaking-change
Tracking-External
WindowsTerminal_Win32
Work-Item
zAskModeBug
zInbox-Bug
No Label Issue-Bug Needs-Author-Feedback Needs-Triage
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Projects
Clear projects
No project
Assignees
Clear assignees
claunia
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/terminal#22321
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?