From 3f88e5fe836d21acff05d3bc08152351054d00a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Du=C5=A1an=20Poizl?= <nou.spiro@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:46:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Reopen console on windows when started from cmd.exe

---
 src/main.cpp | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index af42213..28bf7bd 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "../thumbnailer/genthumbnail.h"
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN64
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -19,6 +22,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     bool useGLES = true;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN64
+    if(AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS))
+    {
+        freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+        freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+    }
+#endif
+
     QCommandLineParser cmd;
     cmd.addOption({"gl", "Use desktop OpenGL. This is default on x86 and MacOS platform."});
     cmd.addOption({"gles", "Use OpenGL ES. This is default on ARM platform."});