Maybe because of this?
[ros-diffs] [navaraf] 17169: Change the module type to win32gui. We really don't want to attempt to create consoles at this stage. Modified: trunk/reactos/subsys/system/winlogon/winlogon.xml
Filip Navara wrote:
We used to support that. The WinLogon was able to run in CUI mode, CSRSS and win32k started GUI mode only on demand (ie. if any GUI API was called). Basically all the components were designed in a way that if you specified cmd.exe as a shell then the GUI would never be started unless you try to execute an application which requires it. Quitting the application would switch back to the console mode. Not sure if and why it was removed...
- Filip