diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/common.h b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/common.h
index 26458a540..c2a40cc0f 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/common.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/common.h
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ std::string formatThousands(const std::string& s);
 
 /// This function executes a program in the background and returns instantly (used for example to launch services in AES).
 /// The program will be launched in the current directory
-bool launchProgram (const std::string &programName, const std::string &arguments);
+bool launchProgram (const std::string &programName, const std::string &arguments, bool log = true);
 
 /// This function kills a program using his pid (on unix, it uses the kill() POSIX function)
 bool killProgram(uint32 pid);
diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/system_utils.h b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/system_utils.h
index 9b3c5a971..78fd011c6 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/system_utils.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/system_utils.h
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ public:
 
 	/// Get desktop current color depth without using UDriver.
 	static uint getCurrentColorDepth();
+
+	/// Detect whether the current process is a windowed application. Return true if definitely yes, false if unknown
+	static bool detectWindowedApplication();
+
 };
 
 } // NLMISC
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/common.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/common.cpp
index 671879f2e..8183430f1 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/common.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/common.cpp
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ bool abortProgram(uint32 pid)
 #endif
 }
 
-bool launchProgram (const std::string &programName, const std::string &arguments)
+bool launchProgram(const std::string &programName, const std::string &arguments, bool log)
 {
 
 #ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
@@ -719,7 +719,8 @@ bool launchProgram (const std::string &programName, const std::string &arguments
 	{
 		LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
 		FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS, NULL, GetLastError(), MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf, 0, NULL);
-		nlwarning("LAUNCH: Failed launched '%s' with arg '%s' err %d: '%s'", programName.c_str(), arguments.c_str(), GetLastError (), lpMsgBuf);
+		if (log)
+			nlwarning("LAUNCH: Failed launched '%s' with arg '%s' err %d: '%s'", programName.c_str(), arguments.c_str(), GetLastError(), lpMsgBuf);
 		LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
 		CloseHandle( pi.hProcess );
 		CloseHandle( pi.hThread );
@@ -776,7 +777,8 @@ bool launchProgram (const std::string &programName, const std::string &arguments
 	if (status == -1)
 	{
 		char *err = strerror (errno);
-		nlwarning("LAUNCH: Failed launched '%s' with arg '%s' err %d: '%s'", programName.c_str(), arguments.c_str(), errno, err);
+		if (log)
+			nlwarning("LAUNCH: Failed launched '%s' with arg '%s' err %d: '%s'", programName.c_str(), arguments.c_str(), errno, err);
 	}
 	else if (status == 0)
     {
@@ -796,7 +798,8 @@ bool launchProgram (const std::string &programName, const std::string &arguments
 		return true;
 	}
 #else
-	nlwarning ("LAUNCH: launchProgram() not implemented");
+	if (log)
+		nlwarning ("LAUNCH: launchProgram() not implemented");
 #endif
 
 	return false;
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/debug.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/debug.cpp
index 747d12129..798161a21 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/debug.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/debug.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "nel/misc/path.h"
 #include "nel/misc/variable.h"
 #include "nel/misc/system_info.h"
+#include "nel/misc/system_utils.h"
 
 #define NL_NO_DEBUG_FILES 1
 
@@ -1223,10 +1224,8 @@ void createDebug (const char *logPath, bool logInFile, bool eraseLastLog)
 #endif // LOG_IN_FILE
 		DefaultMemDisplayer = new CMemDisplayer ("DEFAULT_MD");
 
-#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
-		if (GetConsoleWindow() == NULL)
+		if (NLMISC::CSystemUtils::detectWindowedApplication())
 			INelContext::getInstance().setWindowedApplication(true);
-#endif
 
 		initDebug2(logInFile);
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/report.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/report.cpp
index b388dfb31..ef3280ef5 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/report.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/report.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "nel/misc/report.h"
 #include "nel/misc/path.h"
 #include "nel/misc/file.h"
+#include "nel/misc/system_utils.h"
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_NEW
 	#define new DEBUG_NEW
@@ -102,8 +103,9 @@ TReportResult report(const std::string &title, const std::string &subject, const
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (INelContext::isContextInitialised()
-		&& INelContext::getInstance().isWindowedApplication()
+	if (((INelContext::isContextInitialised()
+		&& INelContext::getInstance().isWindowedApplication())
+		|| CSystemUtils::detectWindowedApplication())
 		&& CFile::isExists(NL_CRASH_REPORT_TOOL))
 	{
 		std::stringstream params;
@@ -151,7 +153,8 @@ TReportResult report(const std::string &title, const std::string &subject, const
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			NLMISC::launchProgram(NL_CRASH_REPORT_TOOL, paramsStr); // FIXME: Don't use this function, it uses logging, etc, so may loop infinitely!
+			NLMISC::launchProgram(NL_CRASH_REPORT_TOOL, paramsStr, 
+				NL_DEBUG_REPORT ? INelContext::isContextInitialised() : false); // Only log if required, avoid infinite loop
 			return defaultResult;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/system_utils.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/system_utils.cpp
index e298f941c..bb1111b88 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/system_utils.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/system_utils.cpp
@@ -355,4 +355,14 @@ uint CSystemUtils::getCurrentColorDepth()
 	return depth;
 }
 
+/// Detect whether the current process is a windowed application. Return true if definitely yes, false if unknown
+bool CSystemUtils::detectWindowedApplication()
+{
+#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
+	if (GetConsoleWindow() == NULL)
+		return true;
+#endif
+	return false;
+}
+
 } // NLMISC