I am new to Mathematica and am trying to run the WSTP prebuilt example factor, but it cannot finish executing. It just hangs after the “Integer to factor:” prompt. This occurred after following the instructions on the Windows Development page found here.

This was previously asked but not fully answered and I am encountering the same issues: WSTP examples hang after receiving input

However, I was able to make it work by manually connecting to the link through a Mathematica notebook. The steps I followed are here.

But since the work around works why is the factor program not connecting automatically with the original step by step?

Specifications: Windows 10 Home, Mathematica 11.2.0, Tried with both PowerShell and Command Prompt (administrative permissions)