powershell breaks cmd.exe styling

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Environment

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.685]
Your Distribution version: Ubuntu 20.04
Whether the issue is on WSL 2 and/or WSL 1: WSL 1 (Linux version 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft (Microsoft@Microsoft.com) (gcc version 5.4.0 (GCC) ) #488-Microsoft Mon Sep 01 13:43:00 PST 2020)

and

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.1256]
Your Distribution version: Ubuntu 20.04
Whether the issue is on WSL 2 and/or WSL 1: WSL 1 (Linux version 4.4.0-18362-Microsoft (Microsoft@Microsoft.com) (gcc version 5.4.0 (GCC) ) #1049-Microsoft Thu Aug 14 12:01 PST 2020)

Steps to reproduce

• Launch windows command prompt
• powershell.exe echo hi > hi.txt (file/command can be anything)
• wsl
• powershell.exe echo bye > bye.txt (file/command can be anything)

Expected behavior

nothing (the file would be written silently)

Actual behavior

the file write works, but cmd.exe's font also changes instantly. terminal size, colours, and font size are unchanged.

[therealkenc]

the file write works, but cmd.exe's font also changes instantly

Please grab a screencap like below. That might help give some context on "font also changes instantly". Maybe do a before and after.

Also just for the data point, what is your codepage:

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bug.mp4

My code page is 437. That command should work, can you try reproducing in Command Prompt?

[therealkenc]

Thanks Brad, I was able to reproduce here. The variable is that my cmd prompt was inside Windows Terminal. Use that as the work-around.

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