# Console on compiled program (DEF-1774) (SOLVED) **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [May 12, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840 "2016-05-12T21:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djob9601](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/djob9601/32/1165_2.png) [@djob9601](https://forum.defold.com/u/djob9601)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840/1 "2016-05-12T21:24:36Z")
Just wanted to quickly ask if the console on a compiled program will disappear when you have no print statements that output to the console. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Pkeod](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/pkeod/32/606_2.png) [@Pkeod](https://forum.defold.com/u/Pkeod)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840/2 "2016-05-12T22:57:50Z")
What do you mean exactly? The Windows release target second window or? ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Palmer](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/lukas_palmer/32/722_2.png) [@Lukas\_Palmer](https://forum.defold.com/u/Lukas_Palmer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840/3 "2016-05-12T23:51:10Z")
Have you tested this on a compiled program yet, or are you basing this on the behavior of the quick debug build? I’d imagine that the non-debug bundle wouldn’t have a console window on OS X or Windows - I can confirm that there isn’t anything like this on OS X at least, but I haven’t ran the editor on Windows or Linux yet. ---
**Author:** ![djob9601](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/djob9601/32/1165_2.png) [@djob9601](https://forum.defold.com/u/djob9601)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840/4 "2016-05-13T06:36:04Z")
I’ve tested it a compiled program. my theory is that the console opens in the background because of the print() statements needing somewhere to output to ---
**Author:** ![jakob.pogulis](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/jakob.pogulis/32/557_2.png) [@jakob.pogulis](https://forum.defold.com/u/jakob.pogulis)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840/5 "2016-05-13T08:08:45Z")
Hello! This is a known issue on Windows ( **DEF-1774** ), it’s hopefully something we’ll get to soon. Is this something which is presenting a problem for you at the moment? ---
**Author:** ![djob9601](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/djob9601/32/1165_2.png) [@djob9601](https://forum.defold.com/u/djob9601)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840/6 "2016-05-13T14:56:45Z")
it’s not presenting a problem at all thanks. It’s more just for aesthetics and at the moment the game runs in fullscreen. I think it is something to do with using print() statements to debug since I don’t recall it appearing before then ---
**Author:** ![jakob.pogulis](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/jakob.pogulis/32/557_2.png) [@jakob.pogulis](https://forum.defold.com/u/jakob.pogulis)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840/7 "2016-05-13T17:31:21Z")
Great! Its in our “next” backlog and should be picked up as soon as someone has some spare time during a sprint, but this not assigned (or guaranteed) a specific release version. ---
**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/console-on-compiled-program-def-1774-solved/1840/8 "2016-12-20T07:58:39Z")
DEF-1774 was solved in Defold 1.2.96: [Defold 1.2.96 has been released](https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-2-96-has-been-released/3737)