From f233ae7556fe421372d305fe13da0b16f969b0a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Knott <info@simonknott.de>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:26:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Revert=20"fix(windows):=20hide=20console=20wind?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ow=20when=20spawning=20browser=20processes=20(#3=E2=80=A6"?=
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This reverts commit 0c45dfc773fef0aa9e13016052bc4f3cd86ba288.
---
 packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts
index 58f2db795bc5b..6c491d0f48be7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/processLauncher.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ export async function launchProcess(options: LaunchProcessOptions): Promise<Laun
     // process group, making it possible to kill child process tree with `.kill(-pid)` command.
     // @see https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_detached
     detached: process.platform !== 'win32',
-    windowsHide: true,
     env: options.env,
     cwd: options.cwd,
     shell: options.shell,
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ export async function launchProcess(options: LaunchProcessOptions): Promise<Laun
       // Force kill the browser.
       try {
         if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-          const taskkillProcess = childProcess.spawnSync(`taskkill /pid ${spawnedProcess.pid} /T /F`, { shell: true, windowsHide: true });
+          const taskkillProcess = childProcess.spawnSync(`taskkill /pid ${spawnedProcess.pid} /T /F`, { shell: true });
           const [stdout, stderr] = [taskkillProcess.stdout.toString(), taskkillProcess.stderr.toString()];
           if (stdout)
             options.log(`[pid=${spawnedProcess.pid}] taskkill stdout: ${stdout}`);