Avoid shim blocking when running a GUI app #5728
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Description
Currently scoop shim will block when running a GUI app.
To repro this, do the following from a powershell console:
The console will be blocked until notepad exits.
I have added an environment variable that can be set to override this behavior.
Motivation and Context
Relates to #1606
How Has This Been Tested?
Build shim, verified against notepad2 and console apps.
Checklist:
develop
branch.