Console Write output to the Output window like CWhy doesnt Visual. Studio C 2. 00. Console Write output to the Output window  This behavior exists in C, but C acts differently. In researching the issue, I found a reference the Quick Console window was this something the beta version. But, the closest thing I could find in 2. Standard is Tools Options Debugging General Redirect All Output Window text to the Immediate Window. But, this doesnt seem to have much effect in C didnt see a difference whether is was checked or not. The second workaroundsolution involved adding the include file and using Alloc. Console. Code Block. Form. 1void  Initialize. Component  Allocate a console window  Alloc. Console  Console Write. LineTest   lt summary Clean up any resources being used. Form. Free the console window  Free. Console And this gets the output, but outside of the IDE in a seperate Command Prompt window. There was also reference to using Trace instead of Console, but I just want a console dump like C does. Mostly so I can have Console Writes and log. Console Appender output in a consistent place. Is this possible in C  Is there another setting Im missing  Thanks. The second is the name of a file to redirect the standard output stream. Console. Console. OpenStandardOutput. It prints a lot of output to console. C SplittingForkingCloning Standard Output. Writing Console. Out to different output files. As Marc points out, you want different strings to different files. Why not just use File. I often need to test functions which do not return or alter any data, but write output to the console. In order to automate testing, I redirect the console output to. C. C. F. VB. Copy. The second is the name of a file to redirect the standard output. Redirect standard output from the console to the output file. I encountered the need to redirect the console output to a file in my attempt to automate testing of functions which does not return any value but writes. How To Redirect Console Output To A File In C#' title='How To Redirect Console Output To A File In C#' />Append. All. Text for every call Alternative you can do something like dynamic binding by employing the using construct. A simple dynamic binding class Dynamic. Console Text. Writer. Text. Writer orig. Text. Writer output. Screenshot%20-%20Code%20page%20437.png' alt='How To Redirect Console Output To A File In C#' title='How To Redirect Console Output To A File In C#' />Dynamic. Consolestring filename. Console. Out. output File. Append. Textfilename. Console. Set. Outoutput. System. Text. Encoding Encoding. Encoding. public override void Writechar value. Writevalue. protected override void Disposebool disposing. Console. Set. Outorig. Manual Para Armar Una Maquina Arcade. Dispose. Usage nested works too Console. Write. LineReal 1. Dynamic. ConsoleFoo. Console. Write. LineMoo. Dynamic. ConsoleBar. Console. Write. LineOrk. Console. Write. LineBar. Console. Write. LineReal 2. This will print to the Console Real 1. It will append to Foo. Moo. It will append to Bar.