diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/main.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/main.py
index 447eb1e551e774..5742a213323a01 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/main.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/main.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
         raise RuntimeError("Windows 10 TH2 or later required")
     if not os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
         raise OSError(errno.ENOTTY, "tty required", "stdin")
+    if sys.platform == "win32" and not os.isatty(sys.stdout.fileno()):
+        raise OSError(errno.ENOTTY, "tty required", "stdout")
     from .simple_interact import check
     if err := check():
         raise RuntimeError(err)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_windows_console.py b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_windows_console.py
index f9607e02c604ff..d4b890dbda2875 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_windows_console.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_windows_console.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     raise unittest.SkipTest("test only relevant on win32")
 
 
+import subprocess
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+import os
 import itertools
 from functools import partial
 from test.support import force_not_colorized_test_class
@@ -577,5 +580,29 @@ def test_up_vt(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.mock.call_count, 3)
 
 
+class WindowsCommandLineTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_for_crash_traceback_with_redirected_stdout(self):
+        """python.bat -i -c "print('hlwd')" > file.txt"""
+        script_command = "print('script has run')"
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+            stdout_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "WinCMDLineTests.txt")
+            with open(stdout_path, "w+") as stdout_file, \
+                subprocess.Popen(
+                    [sys.executable, '-i', '-u', '-c', script_command],
+                    stdin=None,
+                    stdout=stdout_file,
+                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                    text=True, errors='replace'
+                ) as process:
+                try:
+                    process.wait(timeout=5)
+                except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+                    process.kill()
+                stdout_file.seek(0)
+                stdout_from_file = stdout_file.read()
+                stdout_file.close()
+                self.assertIn("script has run", stdout_from_file)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-06-13-19-18-00.gh-issue-132962.qOquLB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-06-13-19-18-00.gh-issue-132962.qOquLB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..68a6b1da2c6e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-06-13-19-18-00.gh-issue-132962.qOquLB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The interactive interpreter (-i) on Windows no longer crashes when standard
+output is redirected. It now correctly falls back to the basic REPL in this
+situation.