diff --git a/src/backends/appcontainer/common/src/appcontainer_runner.rs b/src/backends/appcontainer/common/src/appcontainer_runner.rs
index cd2edd00..dee3a502 100644
--- a/src/backends/appcontainer/common/src/appcontainer_runner.rs
+++ b/src/backends/appcontainer/common/src/appcontainer_runner.rs
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ use windows::Win32::System::SystemServices::SE_GROUP_ENABLED;
 use windows::Win32::System::Threading::{
     CreateProcessW, DeleteProcThreadAttributeList, GetCurrentProcess, GetExitCodeProcess,
     InitializeProcThreadAttributeList, OpenProcessToken, ResumeThread, TerminateProcess,
-    UpdateProcThreadAttribute, WaitForSingleObject, CREATE_SUSPENDED, CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT,
-    EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT, LPPROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST, PROCESS_CREATION_FLAGS,
-    PROCESS_INFORMATION, PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_ALL_APPLICATION_PACKAGES_POLICY,
-    PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE_LIST, PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_MITIGATION_POLICY,
-    PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES, STARTF_USESTDHANDLES, STARTUPINFOEXW,
-    STARTUPINFOW,
+    UpdateProcThreadAttribute, WaitForSingleObject, CREATE_NO_WINDOW, CREATE_SUSPENDED,
+    CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT, EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT, LPPROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST,
+    PROCESS_CREATION_FLAGS, PROCESS_INFORMATION,
+    PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_ALL_APPLICATION_PACKAGES_POLICY, PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE_LIST,
+    PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_MITIGATION_POLICY, PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES,
+    STARTF_USESTDHANDLES, STARTUPINFOEXW, STARTUPINFOW,
 };
 use windows_core::{PCWSTR, PWSTR};
 
@@ -795,8 +795,16 @@ impl AppContainerScriptRunner {
 
         let env_ptr = env_block.as_ptr() as *const core::ffi::c_void;
 
+        // Suppress the empty console window for console-subsystem children when
+        // stdio is piped (no console is shared). In console-sharing mode (ConPTY)
+        // the child inherits the parent's live console for interactive I/O, so
+        // CREATE_NO_WINDOW must not be set there.
+        let no_window_flag = if pipe_mode { CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0 } else { 0 };
         let creation_flags = PROCESS_CREATION_FLAGS(
-            EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT.0 | CREATE_SUSPENDED.0 | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT.0,
+            EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT.0
+                | CREATE_SUSPENDED.0
+                | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT.0
+                | no_window_flag,
         );
 
         // --- Create process ---
diff --git a/src/backends/appcontainer/common/src/base_container_runner.rs b/src/backends/appcontainer/common/src/base_container_runner.rs
index 14a014d2..11d93fe2 100644
--- a/src/backends/appcontainer/common/src/base_container_runner.rs
+++ b/src/backends/appcontainer/common/src/base_container_runner.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ use wxc_common::script_runner::get_timeout_milliseconds;
 use wxc_common::string_util;
 
 use windows::Win32::System::Threading::{
-    ResumeThread, CREATE_SUSPENDED, CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT,
+    ResumeThread, CREATE_NO_WINDOW, CREATE_SUSPENDED, CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT,
 };
 
 /// Serialize `KEY=VALUE` pairs into a double-null-terminated UTF-16 environment block.
@@ -886,12 +886,18 @@ impl BaseContainerRunner {
             .as_ref()
             .map(|b| b.as_ptr() as *const c_void)
             .unwrap_or(ptr::null());
+        // Suppress the empty console window for console-subsystem children when
+        // stdio is piped (no console is shared). In console-sharing mode (ConPTY)
+        // the child inherits the parent's live console for interactive I/O, so
+        // CREATE_NO_WINDOW must not be set there.
+        let no_window_flag = if pipe_mode { CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0 } else { 0 };
         // Create the child suspended so its main thread cannot spawn any
         // descendant before we've assigned it to the job object below; it is
         // resumed right after the assignment. If the sandbox create API ignores
         // CREATE_SUSPENDED on a given build, the child starts running anyway and
         // the later resume is a harmless no-op.
         let creation_flags = CREATE_SUSPENDED.0
+            | no_window_flag
             | if env_block.is_some() {
                 CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT.0
             } else {
@@ -992,7 +998,7 @@ impl BaseContainerRunner {
                 // Retry without the environment block, but keep the child
                 // suspended (resumed after job assignment).
                 current_env_ptr = ptr::null();
-                current_creation_flags = CREATE_SUSPENDED.0;
+                current_creation_flags = CREATE_SUSPENDED.0 | no_window_flag;
                 continue;
             }