Disable QuickEdit in Windows 10 cmd.exe

Question

I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 10 on an important machine at the observatory (I had to do this a long time ago, I know ...). I noticed that in Windows 10, if I run the script on the Windows command line (cmd.exe), now I can interrupt the script by clicking on the terminal window.

When I click on the terminal, the title bar changes, and the word "select" is added to the title. I did this by accident several times (during the reorganization of open terminals) and caused a cascade of errors, because an important script launch was interrupted, and several things that depend on it fell.

The "select" mode can be canceled by clicking on the return in the terminal, and then the interrupted code continues to work, as before.

I would like to disable this feature if possible. Has anyone come across this? Thanks

Answer 1

Right-click the title bar, select Properties, clear the Quick Edit Mode check box, and click OK. If you want to disable it for all future command prompts, do the same with the default settings instead of properties.