@@ -104,7 +104,14 @@ func main() {

 	// Set terminal emulation based on platform as required.

 	_, stdout, stderr := term.StdStreams()

-	logrus.SetOutput(stderr)

+

+	// @jhowardmsft - maybe there is a historic reason why on non-Windows, stderr is used

+	// here. However, on Windows it makes no sense and there is no need.

+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {

+		logrus.SetOutput(stdout)

+	} else {

+		logrus.SetOutput(stderr)

+	}

 	cmd := newDaemonCommand()

 	cmd.SetOutput(stdout)

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (

 	"errors"

 	"fmt"

 	"io/ioutil"

+	"log"

 	"os"

 	"os/exec"

 	"path/filepath"

@@ -409,6 +410,12 @@ func initPanicFile(path string) error {

 		return err

 	}

+	// Reset os.Stderr to the panic file (so fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr,...) actually gets redirected)

+	os.Stderr = os.NewFile(uintptr(panicFile.Fd()), "/dev/stderr")

+

+	// Force threads that panic to write to stderr (the panicFile handle now), otherwise it will go into the ether

+	log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)

+

 	return nil

 }