Sets the appropriate flags to enable virtual terminal sequences in a Windows command prompt.
    Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences

def enable_windows_virtual_terminal_sequences():
    """
    Sets the appropriate flags to enable virtual terminal sequences in a Windows command prompt.
    Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences
    """

    try:
        from ctypes import windll, byref
        from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD, HANDLE

        kernel32 = windll.kernel32
        virtual_terminal_flag = 0x04  # ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING

        # Obtain our stdout/stderr handles.
        # Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/getstdhandle
        handle_stdout = kernel32.GetStdHandle(-11)
        handle_stderr = kernel32.GetStdHandle(-12)

        # Loop for each stdout/stderr handle.
        for current_handle in [handle_stdout, handle_stderr]:

            # If we get a null handle, or fail any subsequent calls in this scope, we do not colorize any output.
            if current_handle is None or current_handle == HANDLE(-1):
                return False

            # Try to obtain the current flags for the console.
            current_mode = DWORD()
            if not kernel32.GetConsoleMode(current_handle, byref(current_mode)):
                return False

            # If the virtual terminal sequence processing is not yet enabled, we enable it.
            if (current_mode.value & virtual_terminal_flag) == 0:
                if not kernel32.SetConsoleMode(current_handle, current_mode.value | virtual_terminal_flag):
                    return False
    except:
        # Any generic failure (possibly from calling these methods on older Windows builds where they do not exist)
        # will fall back onto disabling colorization.
        return False

    return True