diff --git a/tqdm/_tqdm.py b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
index e6f72277..c37986f5 100644
--- a/tqdm/_tqdm.py
+++ b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ def StatusPrinter(file):
     may not work (it will print a new line at each refresh).
     """
     fp = file
+    if not getattr(fp, 'flush', False):  # pragma: no cover
+        fp.flush = lambda: None
+
     last_printed_len = [0]  # closure over mutable variable (fast)
 
     def print_status(s):
diff --git a/tqdm/_utils.py b/tqdm/_utils.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index cad222e1..8116cf1c
--- a/tqdm/_utils.py
+++ b/tqdm/_utils.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _environ_cols_windows(fp):  # pragma: no cover
             (bufx, bufy, curx, cury, wattr, left, top, right, bottom,
              maxx, maxy) = struct.unpack("hhhhHhhhhhh", csbi.raw)
             # nlines = bottom - top + 1
-            return right - left + 1
+            return right - left  # +1
     except:
         pass
     return None
diff --git a/tqdm/_version.py b/tqdm/_version.py
index 2a3823f4..562b17ec 100644
--- a/tqdm/_version.py
+++ b/tqdm/_version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Definition of the version number
-version_info = 2, 2, 0  # major, minor, patch, -extra
+version_info = 2, 2, 1  # major, minor, patch, -extra
 
 # Nice string for the version
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info)).replace('.-', '-').strip('.-')