diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Common/Helpers/ConsoleHelper.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Common/Helpers/ConsoleHelper.cs
index 2b3c11b1e..776ff13d7 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Common/Helpers/ConsoleHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Common/Helpers/ConsoleHelper.cs
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Common.Helper
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
         private static partial bool ShowWindow(nint hWnd, int nCmdShow);
 
-        [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-        [LibraryImport("user32")]
-        private static partial nint GetForegroundWindow();
-
-        [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-        [LibraryImport("user32")]
-        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
-        private static partial bool SetForegroundWindow(nint hWnd);
-
         public static bool SetConsoleWindowStateSupported => OperatingSystem.IsWindows();
 
         public static void SetConsoleWindowState(bool show)
@@ -53,10 +44,6 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Common.Helper
                 return;
             }
 
-            SetForegroundWindow(hWnd);
-
-            hWnd = GetForegroundWindow();
-
             ShowWindow(hWnd, show ? SW_SHOW : SW_HIDE);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/Program.cs b/src/Ryujinx/Program.cs
index d1b85c6b0..4340beaee 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/Program.cs
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ using Ryujinx.Headless;
 using Ryujinx.SDL3.Common;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Security.Principal;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Ryujinx.Ava
@@ -52,6 +54,17 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava
 
             if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows())
             {
+#if !DEBUG
+                // this fixes the "hide console" option by forcing the emulator to launch in an old-school cmd
+                if (!Console.Title.Contains("conhost.exe"))
+                {
+                    string sargs = string.Join(" ", args);
+                    
+                    Process.Start("conhost.exe", $"{Environment.ProcessPath} {sargs}");
+                    return 0;
+                }
+#endif
+                
                 if (!OperatingSystem.IsWindowsVersionAtLeast(10, 0, 19041))
                 {
                     _ = Win32NativeInterop.MessageBoxA(nint.Zero, "You are running an outdated version of Windows.\n\nRyujinx supports Windows 10 version 20H1 and newer.\n", $"Ryujinx {Version}", MbIconwarning);