AttachConsole Error 5: Access is denied

Question

I\'m working with a C++ Console Application in Visual Studio 2013, working on Windows.

First I detached the console using FreeConsole, it works; then, c

Answer 1

Remove the AllocConsole call before AttachConsole.

From the documentation: A process can be attached to at most one console. If the calling process is already attached to a console, the error code returned is ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED (5).