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Write-Progress since 7.2.0 sets CursorVisible to $true #16412

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Run the script:

[Console]::CursorVisible = $false
Write-Host "Before wp - " -NoNewLine
[Console]::CursorVisible
0..10 | % {
    Write-Progress -Activity test -Status test -PercentComplete $_
    Start-Sleep -s 0.1
}
Write-Host "After wp - " -NoNewLine
[Console]::CursorVisible

Expected behavior

Write-Progress shouldn't affect the state of CursorVisible

Actual behavior

PS > .\script.ps1
Before wp - False
After wp - True

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Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.0
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.0
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22000
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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