Reference to console from which WPF app was started

trønderen asked:

I was hoping to make a single executable that could run both from a console window and as a WPF based GUI application, selected by a call line switch. I can pick up call line switches for the GUI version, and if the "-cli" switch is set, I can prevent opening of the main window, but Console.WriteLine() seems to go straight into the bit sink.

I have tried various ways to get hold of a reference to the console from which the program was started, for use with Console.SetOut(), but without success.

How can I get hold of a ref to the console?

Or, is there another simple trick I can use for making a single GUI/CLI executable?

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