diff --git a/src/FGJSBBase.cpp b/src/FGJSBBase.cpp
index 43f98f0d9..ac0f6b36e 100644
--- a/src/FGJSBBase.cpp
+++ b/src/FGJSBBase.cpp
@@ -46,31 +46,17 @@ namespace JSBSim {
 CLASS IMPLEMENTATION
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%*/
 
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-    char FGJSBBase::highint[5]  = {27, '[', '1', 'm', '\0'      };
-    char FGJSBBase::halfint[5]  = {27, '[', '2', 'm', '\0'      };
-    char FGJSBBase::normint[6]  = {27, '[', '2', '2', 'm', '\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::reset[5]    = {27, '[', '0', 'm', '\0'      };
-    char FGJSBBase::underon[5]  = {27, '[', '4', 'm', '\0'      };
-    char FGJSBBase::underoff[6] = {27, '[', '2', '4', 'm', '\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fgblue[6]   = {27, '[', '3', '4', 'm', '\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fgcyan[6]   = {27, '[', '3', '6', 'm', '\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fgred[6]    = {27, '[', '3', '1', 'm', '\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fggreen[6]  = {27, '[', '3', '2', 'm', '\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fgdef[6]    = {27, '[', '3', '9', 'm', '\0' };
-#else
-    char FGJSBBase::highint[5]  = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::halfint[5]  = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::normint[6]  = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::reset[5]    = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::underon[5]  = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::underoff[6] = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fgblue[6]   = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fgcyan[6]   = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fgred[6]    = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fggreen[6]  = {'\0' };
-    char FGJSBBase::fgdef[6]    = {'\0' };
-#endif
+char FGJSBBase::highint[5]  = {27, '[', '1', 'm', '\0'      };
+char FGJSBBase::halfint[5]  = {27, '[', '2', 'm', '\0'      };
+char FGJSBBase::normint[6]  = {27, '[', '2', '2', 'm', '\0' };
+char FGJSBBase::reset[5]    = {27, '[', '0', 'm', '\0'      };
+char FGJSBBase::underon[5]  = {27, '[', '4', 'm', '\0'      };
+char FGJSBBase::underoff[6] = {27, '[', '2', '4', 'm', '\0' };
+char FGJSBBase::fgblue[6]   = {27, '[', '3', '4', 'm', '\0' };
+char FGJSBBase::fgcyan[6]   = {27, '[', '3', '6', 'm', '\0' };
+char FGJSBBase::fgred[6]    = {27, '[', '3', '1', 'm', '\0' };
+char FGJSBBase::fggreen[6]  = {27, '[', '3', '2', 'm', '\0' };
+char FGJSBBase::fgdef[6]    = {27, '[', '3', '9', 'm', '\0' };
 
 const string FGJSBBase::needed_cfg_version = "2.0";
 const string FGJSBBase::JSBSim_version = JSBSIM_VERSION " " __DATE__ " " __TIME__ ;
diff --git a/src/JSBSim.cpp b/src/JSBSim.cpp
index 18226301b..c4d3f69fe 100644
--- a/src/JSBSim.cpp
+++ b/src/JSBSim.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ INCLUDES
 #  include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
+// The flag ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING is not defined for MinGW < 7.0.0
+#if defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) && __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR < 7
+#define ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING 0x4
+#endif
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cstdlib>
 
@@ -360,6 +365,17 @@ int real_main(int argc, char* argv[])
   FDMExec->GetPropertyManager()->Tie("simulation/frame_start_time", &actual_elapsed_time);
   FDMExec->GetPropertyManager()->Tie("simulation/cycle_duration", &cycle_duration);
 
+  // Check whether to disable console highlighting output on Windows.
+  // Support was added to Windows for Virtual Terminal codes by a particular
+  // Windows 10 release.
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  HANDLE hStdOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+  DWORD dwMode = 0;
+  GetConsoleMode(hStdOut, &dwMode);
+  if ((dwMode & ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING) == 0)
+    nohighlight = true;
+#endif
+
   if (nohighlight) FDMExec->disableHighLighting();
 
   if (simulation_rate < 1.0 )
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/FGLogTest.h b/tests/unit_tests/FGLogTest.h
index 1c82e44f7..aac8dffc1 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/FGLogTest.h
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/FGLogTest.h
@@ -318,11 +318,7 @@ void testRedFormat() {
     log << JSBSim::LogFormat::RESET;
   }
   std::cout.rdbuf(cout_buffer);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "Hello, World!");
-#else
   TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "\033[31mHello, World!\033[0m");
-#endif
 }
 
 void testCyanFormat() {
@@ -337,11 +333,7 @@ void testCyanFormat() {
     log << JSBSim::LogFormat::RESET;
   }
   std::cout.rdbuf(cout_buffer);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "Hello, World!");
-#else
   TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "\033[34mHello, World!\033[0m");
-#endif
 }
 
 void testBoldFormat() {
@@ -356,11 +348,7 @@ void testBoldFormat() {
     log << JSBSim::LogFormat::RESET;
   }
   std::cout.rdbuf(cout_buffer);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "Hello, World!");
-#else
   TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "\033[1mHello, World!\033[0m");
-#endif
 }
 
 void testNormalFormat() {
@@ -375,11 +363,7 @@ void testNormalFormat() {
     log << JSBSim::LogFormat::RESET;
   }
   std::cout.rdbuf(cout_buffer);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "Hello, World!");
-#else
   TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "\033[22mHello, World!\033[0m");
-#endif
 }
 
 void testUnderlineFormat() {
@@ -394,11 +378,7 @@ void testUnderlineFormat() {
     log << JSBSim::LogFormat::UNDERLINE_OFF;
   }
   std::cout.rdbuf(cout_buffer);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "Hello, World!");
-#else
   TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "\033[4mHello, World!\033[24m");
-#endif
 }
 
 void testDefaultFormat() {
@@ -413,10 +393,6 @@ void testDefaultFormat() {
     log << JSBSim::LogFormat::RESET;
   }
   std::cout.rdbuf(cout_buffer);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "Hello, World!");
-#else
   TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(buffer.str(), "\033[39mHello, World!\033[0m");
-#endif
 }
 };