Running via cmd in Windows Terminal starts MinTTY unnecessarily

[jmairboeck]

I typically run cmd.exe as my shell on Windows 11, but still in Windows Terminal.

Trying to run hyfetch prints the message "cmd.exe doesn't support RGB colors, restarting in MinTTY..." and starts MinTTY, even though I am running Windows Terminal, which does support colors, according to the README.

Running it in PowerShell or Git Bash (all from Windows Terminal) works fine.

I think you confused terminal and shell in that statement about cmd.exe. cmd.exe is just the shell, which is independent from the terminal it is running in. You could also run PowerShell in the legacy console (conhost), for example.

[jmairboeck]

Additionally, colors seem to work just fine using the new conhost on Windows 11: