diff --git a/app/igneum-app/src/jobrun.rs b/app/igneum-app/src/jobrun.rs
index 8b2fa9e84..322461ad1 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/src/jobrun.rs
+++ b/app/igneum-app/src/jobrun.rs
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ fn spawn_relaunch_helper(shared: &Arc<Shared>) -> Result<(), String> {
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
         use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
-        c.creation_flags(0x0800_0000 | 0x0000_0008);
+        c.creation_flags(0x0800_0000); // CREATE_NO_WINDOW only, never DETACHED_PROCESS (powershell exits without a console)
     }
     shared.log("job: relaunch helper started; the app quits and opens again in about 10 s");
     c.spawn().map(|_| ()).map_err(|e| e.to_string())