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Console.WindowWidth fails with IOException

See original GitHub issue

moved from https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/7858 /cc @twsouthwick

Try the following:

Program.cs:

using System;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Width: {Console.WindowWidth}");
        }
    }
}

project.json:

{
  "version": "1.0.0-*",
  "compilationOptions": {
    "emitEntryPoint": true
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
      "type": "platform",
      "version": "1.0.0-rc2-3002424"
    }
  },
  "frameworks": {
    "netcoreapp1.0": {}
  }
}

The fails with the following exception:

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.IOException: The handle is invalid
   at System.ConsolePal.GetBufferInfo(Boolean throwOnNoConsole, Boolean& succeeded)
   at System.ConsolePal.get_WindowWidth()
   at System.Console.get_WindowWidth()
   at ConsoleApplication.Program.Main(String[] args)

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Reactions:4
Comments:8 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

CerebralMischiefcommented, Feb 14, 2021

I’m suddenly seeing this issue in one of my .NET 5 console apps. It’s new, so, perhaps a regression?

0reactions

felix-ricommented, Mar 9, 2022

Still an issue

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