Issue getting ANSICON working on Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit - cucumber

Question

I have been trying to get 1.50 or 1.40 ANSICON (https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon) working and have looked at sooooo many pages telling about how to install this:
http://blog.mmediasys.com/2010/11/24/we-all-love-colors/
http://carol-nichols.com/2011/03/the-system-cannot-find-the-path-specified/
etc....
So, I have my AutoRun set to "C:\usr\bin\ansi140\x64\ansicon.exe" -p and I also testing 150 but there was zero change.
My entire team has this working with no issues but I cannot get this to work.. I still get the garbled junk on the command prompt:
Scenario: Residential caller chooses to hear payment locations closest to home and there are 3 locations available which are in a 25 miles radius.?[90m #
features\payment_locations.feature:5?[0m
?[32mGiven the call flow is '?[32m?[1mDivisional?[0m?[0m?[32m'?[90m
# features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:5?[0m?[0m
?[32mAnd the ani is '?[32m?[1m6101234572?[0m?[0m?[32m'?[90m
# features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:9?[0m?[0m
?[32mAnd the dnis is '?[32m?[1m9?[0m?[0m?[32m'?[90m
# features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:13?[0m?[0m
?[31mWhen the call is started?[90m
# features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:17?[0m?[0m
?[31m Connection refused - Connection refused (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)?[0m
?[31m org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyTCPSocket.java:121:in `initialize'?[0m
?[31m org/jruby/RubyIO.java:864:in `new'?[0m
?[31m org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyTCPSocket.java:147:in `open'?[0m
?[31m c:/usr/bin/jruby-1.6.4/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `connect'?[0m
?[31m org/jruby/ext/Timeout.java:79:in `timeout'?[0m
?[31m c:/usr/bin/jruby-1.6.4/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `connect'?[0m
?[31m c:/usr/bin/jruby-1.6.4/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:553:in `do_start'?[0m
?[31m c:/usr/bin/jruby-1.6.4/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:548:in `start'?[0m
?[31m org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:2100:in `send'?[0m
?[31m ./features/support/request_helper.rb:12:in `request'?[0m
?[31m ./features/support/request_helper.rb:4:in `get'?[0m
?[31m ./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:22:in `(root)':in `/^the call is started$/'?[0m
?[31m features\payment_locations.feature:9:in `When the call is started'?[0m
Can anyone PLEASE help me try to understand why I am having this issue when the rest of my team with the same laptops are not having this issue?
EDIT from first comment:
I tried what you asked and ende dup with this tab setting:
<tab title="ANSICON" icon="linux.ico" use_default_icon="0">
<console shell="C:\usr\bin\ansi150\x64\ansicon.exe" init_dir="C:\usr\git_workspaces\d2" run_as_user="0" user=""/>
<cursor style="0" r="255" g="255" b="255"/>
<background type="0" r="0" g="0" b="0">
<image file="" relative="0" extend="0" position="0">
<tint opacity="0" r="0" g="0" b="0"/>
</image>
</background>
</tab>
But the issue still persists
?[0m ?[36m <catch event="error">
?[0m ?[36m <submit next="/d2/exception/handleVoiceBrowserError.vxml" namelist="_event _message" />
?[0m ?[36m </catch>
?[0m ?[36m
?[36m</vxml>?[0m
?[32mThen play the payment locations?[90m
# features/step_definitions/billing_steps.rb:360?[0m?[0m
?[32mThen caller hangs up the phone?[90m
# features/step_definitions/goodbye_steps.rb:1?[0m?[0m
1 scenario (?[32m1 passed?[0m)
32 steps (?[32m32 passed?[0m)
0m10.302s
I also seem to have the term-ansicolor gem so this should be working
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but it is not. Neither on Cygwin nor CMD.
The plot thickens

Answer 1

Using ansicon worked. Additionally, you may want to check out Console2 for an excellent multi-tabbed console.
Extract ansi152/x64 into <console-install-dir>, say C:\Apps\Console
Configure console to run with different shells, ie. powershell, cmd, gitbash
Run ansicon -i from <console-install-dir>, in console.
PS. You may need to add console-install-dir into your $env:path.

Answer 2

To fix ansicon installation,
Grab Console2, extract, to a folder, mine C:\Applications\.
Extract files from ansi150.zip\x64, use 64-bit binaries, place it in a same folder with Console2.
Open C:\Applications\Console2\Console.exe.
From Console2 menu open File > Edit > Settings > Tabs, fill in Shell with C:\Applications\Console2\ansicon.exe, or browse to it. Click Ok.
To apply changes reopen a Console2 tab.
My setup is Console-2.00b148-Beta_64bit.zip and ansi150.zip on Win 7 64-bit (without editing AutoRun registry).

Answer 3

I had this problem myself and I am finally seeing colored output.
I followed these steps:
Download "https://github.com/downloads/adoxa/ansicon/ansi150.zip"
Copy the files under the "x64" directory to somewhere in your path.
For example, you can copy them to "c:\windows\system32".
Download "https://github.com/downloads/adoxa/ansicon/ansi6432.zip"
Copy the files under the "x64" directory to the same location you used in step #2.
This should overwrite ANSI32.DLL and ansicon.exe
Install ansicon by typing "ansicon -I" at a command prompt
You should now see colored output.
Make sure to enable logging by setting the environment variable ANSICON_LOG:
set ANSICON_LOG=3
This should log output to %TEMP%\ansicon.log (Usually "c:\temp\ansicon.log")

Answer 4

I just found out that we need to set this:
set ANSICON_EXC=nvd3d9wrap.dll
(add it to a ansicon.bat file, or set an environment variable). Works like a champ with win64x pro, ansicon164