This shows you what you need to control how the console window is opened in C#.
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices; // DllImport
namespace ConsoleWindow
{
class Program
{
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
private static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
private static IntPtr ThisConsole = GetConsoleWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
private const int HIDE = 0;
private const int MAXIMIZE = 3;
private const int MINIMIZE = 6;
private const int RESTORE = 9;
static void Main()
{
ShowWindow(ThisConsole, MAXIMIZE);
Console.Write("Hello ");
Console.WriteLine("World!");
Console.Write("Enter your name: ");
String name = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Good day, ");
Console.Write(name);
Console.WriteLine("!");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
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