Fixed error output and node output.

src/winsdk-CLI/Winsdk.Cli/Helpers/TextWriterLogger.cs

@@ -62,15 +62,33 @@ public void Log<TState>(LogLevel logLevel, EventId eventId, TState state,
             var writer = logLevel >= LogLevel.Error ? _stderr : _stdout;
 
             var sb = new StringBuilder(256);
-            if (logLevel != LogLevel.Information)
+
+            // Message
+            var message = formatter(state, exception);
+
+            bool firstCharIsEmojiOrOpenBracket = false;
+            if (message.Length > 0)
             {
-                var lvl = logLevel.ToString().ToUpperInvariant();
+                var firstChar = message[0];
+                firstCharIsEmojiOrOpenBracket = char.IsSurrogate(firstChar)
+                                             || char.GetUnicodeCategory(firstChar) == System.Globalization.UnicodeCategory.OtherSymbol
+                                             || firstChar == '[';
+            }
 
-                sb.Append('[').Append(lvl).Append("] - ");
+            if (logLevel != LogLevel.Information && !firstCharIsEmojiOrOpenBracket)
+            {
+                if (logLevel == LogLevel.Debug)
+                {
+                    sb.Append(UiSymbols.Verbose).Append(' ');
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var lvl = logLevel.ToString().ToUpperInvariant();
+
+                    sb.Append('[').Append(lvl).Append("] - ");
+                }
             }
 
-            // Message
-            var message = formatter(state, exception);
             sb.Append(message);
 
             // Scopes (if any)

src/winsdk-CLI/Winsdk.Cli/Helpers/UiSymbols.cs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ private static bool Compute()
     public static string Wrench => UseEmoji ? "🔧" : "[TOOL]";
     public static string Package => UseEmoji ? "📦" : "[PKG]";
     public static string Bullet => UseEmoji ? "•" : "-";
-    public static string Skip => UseEmoji ? "⏭" : "SKIP";
+    public static string Skip => UseEmoji ? "⏭" : "[SKIP]";
     public static string Tools => UseEmoji ? "🛠️" : "[TOOL]";
     public static string Files => UseEmoji ? "📁" : "[COPY]";
     public static string Check => UseEmoji ? "✅" : "[OK]";
@@ -51,4 +51,5 @@ private static bool Compute()
     public static string User => UseEmoji ? "👤" : "[USER]";
     public static string Id => UseEmoji ? "🆔" : "[ID]";
     public static string Clipboard => UseEmoji ? "📋" : "[CLIP]";
+    public static string Verbose => UseEmoji ? "🔍" : "[VERBOSE]";
 }

src/winsdk-CLI/Winsdk.Cli/Telemetry/Events/CommandInvokedEvent.cs

@@ -36,8 +36,15 @@ internal CommandInvokedEvent(CommandResult commandResult, DateTime startedTime)
         StartedTime = startedTime;
     }
 
-    private string? GetValue(OptionResult o) => GetValue(o.Option.ValueType, o.Implicit, o.GetValueOrDefault<object?>());
-    private string? GetValue(ArgumentResult a) => GetValue(a.Argument.ValueType, a.Implicit, a.GetValueOrDefault<object?>());
+    private string? GetValue(OptionResult o)
+    {
+        return !o.Errors.Any() ? GetValue(o.Option.ValueType, o.Implicit, o.GetValueOrDefault<object?>()) : "[error]";
+    }
+
+    private string? GetValue(ArgumentResult a)
+    {
+        return !a.Errors.Any() ? GetValue(a.Argument.ValueType, a.Implicit, a.GetValueOrDefault<object?>()) : "[error]";
+    }
 
     private static string? GetValue(Type valueType, bool isImplicit, object? value)
     {

src/winsdk-npm/winsdk-cli-utils.js

@@ -33,42 +33,29 @@ async function callWinsdkCli(args, options = {}) {
   const winsdkCliPath = getWinsdkCliPath();
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    let stdout = '';
     let stderr = '';
 
     const child = spawn(winsdkCliPath, args, {
-      stdio: verbose ? ['inherit', 'pipe', 'pipe'] : 'pipe',
+      stdio: verbose ? 'inherit' : 'pipe',
       shell: false
     });
 
-    child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-      const output = data.toString();
-      stdout += output;
-      if (verbose) {
-        process.stdout.write(output);
-      }
-    });
-
-    child.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
-      const output = data.toString();
-      stderr += output;
-      if (verbose) {
-        process.stderr.write(output);
-      }
-    });
+    // Only capture stderr when not using inherit mode (needed for error messages)
+    if (!verbose) {
+      child.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+        stderr += data.toString();
+      });
+    }
 
     child.on('close', (code) => {
-      const result = {
-        exitCode: code,
-        stdout: stdout.trim(),
-        stderr: stderr.trim()
-      };
-
       if (code === 0) {
-        resolve(result);
+        resolve({ exitCode: code });
       } else {
         if (exitOnError) {
-          console.error(`winsdk-cli failed: ${stderr}`);
+          // Print stderr only if not verbose, as it would have been printed already
+          if (!verbose) {
+            console.error(`winsdk-cli failed: ${stderr}`);
+          }
           process.exit(code);
         } else {
           reject(new Error(`winsdk-cli exited with code ${code}: ${stderr}`));