Eryk Sun <eryk...@gmail.com> added the comment:

The Windows console has a fixed number of history buffers. In Windows 7 the 
default maximum is four history buffers. In this case, if we run a script via 
cmd.exe -> py.exe -> python.exe, then only one history buffer remains for a 
child process. As you've observed, no history buffer is available for the fifth 
process if we run cmd.exe -> python.exe. 

You can increase the default maximum in the console's Alt+Space+D defaults 
dialog, under "Command History" -> "Number of Buffers". This corresponds to the 
"NumberOfHistoryBuffers" value in the registry key "HKCU\Console". 

You can increase the maximum for the current window in the console's 
Alt+Space+P properties dialog. If the current console was allocated by an 
application that was launched from a shortcut (i.e. a .LNK file), this property 
gets persisted in the shortcut itself. Otherwise it gets persisted in a 
registry key under "HKCU\Console" that's named for the startup window title. If 
no title was specified, the default title is the path to the executable, with 
backslashes replaced by underscore and the Windows directory as %SystemRoot%. 
For example, if you run cmd.exe from the Win+R run dialog, its console 
properties are stored in the registry key 
"HKCU\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe".

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nosy: +eryksun
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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