Importing projects fails on VSCode and IntelliJ on Windows

[UtilFunction]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Download sample project
2. Import on IntelliJ or VSCode

IntelliJ Error:

Executing C:\Users\user\project\sc\mill.bat -i mill.bsp.BSP/install
 
                                                                                 
	at io.github.alexarchambault.windowsansi.WindowsAnsi.setup(WindowsAnsi.java:34)
	at mill.runner.MillMain$.$anonfun$main$1(MillMain.scala:72)
	at scala.runtime.java8.JFunction0$mcV$sp.apply(JFunction0$mcV$sp.scala:18)
	at mill.api.SystemStreams$.withTopLevelSystemStreamProxy(SystemStreams.scala:125)
	at mill.runner.MillMain$.main(MillMain.scala:41)
	at mill.runner.MillMain.main(MillMain.scala)

VSCode Error:

2024.12.18 08:58:45 ERROR Mill command failed: C:\Users\user\project\sc\.metals\millw.bat -i --import ivy:com.lihaoyi::mill-contrib-bloop: mill.contrib.bloop.Bloop/install
2024.12.18 08:58:52 INFO  running 'C:\Users\user\project\sc\.metals\millw.bat -i --import ivy:com.lihaoyi::mill-contrib-bloop: mill.contrib.bloop.Bloop/install'
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO  Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Failed to get console mode: D e r   V o r g a n g   w u r d e   e r f o l g r e i c h   b e e n d e t . 
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO   
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO                                                                                   
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO  	at io.github.alexarchambault.windowsansi.WindowsAnsi.setup(WindowsAnsi.java:34)
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO  	at mill.runner.MillMain$.$anonfun$main$1(MillMain.scala:72)
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO  	at scala.runtime.java8.JFunction0$mcV$sp.apply(JFunction0$mcV$sp.scala:18)
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO  	at mill.api.SystemStreams$.withTopLevelSystemStreamProxy(SystemStreams.scala:125)
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO  	at mill.runner.MillMain$.main(MillMain.scala:41)
2024.12.18 08:58:53 INFO  	at mill.runner.MillMain.main(MillMain.scala)
2024.12.18 08:58:52 INFO  time: ran 'mill bloopInstall' in 0.53s
2024.12.18 08:58:53 ERROR Mill command failed: C:\Users\user\project\sc\.metals\millw.bat -i --import ivy:com.lihaoyi::mill-contrib-bloop: mill.contrib.bloop.Bloop/install

Windows 11 24H2
OpenJDK 23.0.1
Metals 1.44.0
IntelliJ 2024.3 (Scala Plugin ver. 2024.3.574)
Mill 0.12.4

[lihaoyi]

@UtilFunction are you on ARM windows? I wonder if it's related to #4055

[UtilFunction]

@lihaoyi no, x64.

[UtilFunction]

@lihaoyi strangely it works if I set the absolute path in the VSCode Metals settings and point it to "C:\Users\user\project\sc\.metals\millw.bat"

[lihaoyi]

@UtilFunction that's a bit unusual, i thought i merged millw.bat into mill.bat recently, so they should be the same. Could you compare both files and see if they are indeed the same?

[UtilFunction]

@lihaoyi this is the only difference between the files:

[lihaoyi]

@UtilFunction got it, looks like it's the same then. I don't have my windows laptop with me now but I can try next time I have it

[alexarchambault]

Maybe that error could be silently trapped, or reported, but then ignored by Mill. That call is meant to enable ANSI output in windows terminals. It's only a nice-to-have, it shouldn't make Mill crash.

[UtilFunction]

Update:
It seems to work with JDK 21.0.5+11 but not with 23.0.1+11.