diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/console.cpp b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/console.cpp
index e73662c8e..8bdc38ae7 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/console.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/console.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ void CloseConsole()
 		WritePrivateProfileInt("Console", "PosY",	pos.top, IniName);
 		WritePrivateProfileInt("Console", "Width",	width, IniName);
 		WritePrivateProfileInt("Console", "Height",	height, IniName);
+		ShowWindow(gConsoleWnd, SW_HIDE); // FreeConsole isn't killing the console process in Windows 10 so just hide the window for now.
 	}
 
 	FreeConsole();