Windows 10 consoles support virtual terminal sequences which enable programs to output colored text (among other things). It is an opt-in feature, which means that the process that wants to use it must explicitly enable it for itself.
The default command processor (cmd.exe) has it turned on, so it is
possible to echo the sequences. It used to be that programs which
ran from within cmd.exe inherited it and did not have to enable it
explicitly.
The Anniversary Update changed this behavior and as a result, programs which expect this feature by default, namely those from the GnuWin project, stopped working inside cmd.exe.
Interestingly, cmd.exe will pass the flag to child processes, if it is started with the flag already turned on.
vtcmd is a shim which turns on the flag and starts cmd.exe, so you can again use those programs which don't enable it themselves.
- Build it with Visual Studio
- Run
vtcmd.exe
Consider modifying your shortcuts. The ones used in the Win+X menu are located in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\WinX\Group3.