Seething over MSYS shell - is it replaceable?

Question

I need a serviceable shell for MSYS. This is my current dilemma:

The default rxvt.exe has a scroll bar and copy and paste, but doesn\'t send control characters or arro

Answer 1

Use PowerShell instead of the old cmd. Then run sh like this

C:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe --login -i

I tested on Winows 8.1 with MSYS2 and Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0. With GHCi there are no problems. All arrow keys and other keys work as expected.

Also, I could not get the Console2 to work on Windows8 properly as suggested in the other answers.