diff --git a/poethepoet/executor/poetry.py b/poethepoet/executor/poetry.py
index 1c9e6ace..f4ca7054 100644
--- a/poethepoet/executor/poetry.py
+++ b/poethepoet/executor/poetry.py
@@ -57,11 +57,16 @@ async def execute(
             return await self._execute_cmd(cmd, input=input, use_exec=use_exec)
 
         # Run this task with `poetry run`
-        return await self._execute_cmd(
+        result = await self._execute_cmd(
             (self._poetry_cmd(), "--no-plugins", "run", *cmd),
             input=input,
             use_exec=use_exec,
         )
+        # The inner cmd may be a .bat/.cmd but _exec_via_subproc only sees
+        # poetry.exe as cmd[0], so check the original command here
+        if self._is_windows and cmd[0].lower().endswith((".bat", ".cmd")):
+            result.no_console_ctrl = True
+        return result
 
     async def _handle_file_not_found(
         self, cmd: Sequence[str], error: FileNotFoundError
diff --git a/poethepoet/executor/uv.py b/poethepoet/executor/uv.py
index f8f2366f..f3c0129c 100644
--- a/poethepoet/executor/uv.py
+++ b/poethepoet/executor/uv.py
@@ -74,11 +74,16 @@ async def execute(
         )
 
         # Run this task with `uv run`
-        return await self._execute_cmd(
+        result = await self._execute_cmd(
             (self._uv_cmd(), "run", *uv_run_options, *cmd),
             input=input,
             use_exec=use_exec,
         )
+        # The inner cmd may be a .bat/.cmd but _exec_via_subproc only sees uv.exe
+        # as cmd[0], so check the original command here
+        if self._is_windows and cmd[0].lower().endswith((".bat", ".cmd")):
+            result.no_console_ctrl = True
+        return result
 
     @classmethod
     def _uv_cmd(cls):
diff --git a/poethepoet/shutdown.py b/poethepoet/shutdown.py
index d4236590..e425f532 100644
--- a/poethepoet/shutdown.py
+++ b/poethepoet/shutdown.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def _initialize_shutdown(self):
             self._shutdown_loop(), name="ShutdownWorker"
         )
 
-    async def _shutdown_loop(self, escalation_interval_s: float = 1.0):
+    async def _shutdown_loop(self, escalation_interval_s: float = 0.8):
         """
         Call shutdown again every interval_s seconds until everything is dead
         """
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ def _shutdown(self):
                 if proc.returncode is None:
                     if proc.no_console_ctrl:
                         self._io.print_debug(
-                            " ! Terminating subprocess tree %s"
+                            " ! Force-terminating subprocess tree %s"
                             " to avoid console corruption",
                             proc.pid,
                         )
                         subprocess.run(
-                            ["taskkill", "/T", "/PID", str(proc.pid)],
+                            ["taskkill", "/F", "/T", "/PID", str(proc.pid)],
                             capture_output=True,
                         )
                     else:
diff --git a/tests/test_shutdown.py b/tests/test_shutdown.py
index 04778585..66a46263 100644
--- a/tests/test_shutdown.py
+++ b/tests/test_shutdown.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def fake_taskkill(cmd: list[str], **_kwargs):
     manager._shutdown()
 
     assert fake_proc.signal_calls == []
-    assert taskkill_calls == [["taskkill", "/T", "/PID", str(process.pid)]]
+    assert taskkill_calls == [["taskkill", "/F", "/T", "/PID", str(process.pid)]]
     loop.close()