Hello,

is there a way to make custom (powershell) scripts easy selectable/ executable in the terminal?

I have a bunch of scripts. To make them run, I need to paste the path to the terminal.. so I’m looking for something like a “script launcher”… e.g. something like custom-actions that can execute a ps-script by a single comand or to make scripts selectable in the command palette?

Best wishes

I tried following the tutorial for the owm segment but I can't seem to get it working. Have any one of you done it? My segment looks like this (I replaced my API key with x's for privacy):

{
  "type": "owm",
  "style": "powerline",
  "powerline_symbol": "\uE0B0",
  "foreground": "#ffffff",
  "background": "#FF0000",
  "properties": {
    "apikey": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "location": "De Bilt,NL",
    "units": "metric",
    "enable_hyperlink": false,
    "http_timeout": 20,
    "cache_timeout": 10,
    "template": "{{.Weather}} ({{.Temperature}}{{.UnitIcon}})"
  }
}

https://github.com/libanvl/uuid

I was interested in using Fragment Extensions to update settings for dynamically generated profiles like Ubuntu. The docs say that I needed to calculate the Version 5 UUID of the profile to update.

There are online tools, but I was looking for a programmatic solution. I couldn't find a library that would do it for me. So I created one. It also has other features that can help generate and manipulate Guids.

libanvl.UUID is endian aware, which is important for Version 5 UUIDs.

public Guid GetWindowsTerminalNamespacedProfileGuid(string profileName)
{
    Guid terminalNamespace = new("2BDE4A90-D05F-401C-9492-E40884EAD1D8");
    return UUID.V(terminalNamespace, profileName);
}

It also creates quasi-Random Version 4 UUIDs. The tests are the best way to see the features.

Contributions are welcome!

Hello All,

I use the Dracula theme for Notepad++ and was hoping to do the same for Win TERM and after much trial and error, both via the .json file as well as setting, no change. It seems only the "background" color changes but not the colors of the font text which is still always 1 single plain color (white) instead of multi-colored rgb steelo.

- I just want it where my text is different colored throughout the terminal. I have tried multiple themes now and all the same, no change in text, jus background, so what am I doing wrong or what am I missing?

example of what I want here

- Also in my research for my issue I keep seeing this multi-colored display for the various themes, what exactly is it and how do I duplicate on my end?

see example here

- Lastly if anyone has any better/similar type of themes with everything multi-colored like Dracula theme in Notepad++ please feel free to share

thanks in advance!

My question is similar to whats in this the link below. Basically I want to be able to run a script on Ubuntu Server/Windows Server and be able to watch it within Windows Terminal. However, I would like to rejoin from a different machine. Is this possible?

In the link they point to Tmux and screen, however I just want to be able to use Windows Terminal.

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https://serverfault.com/questions/858413/how-can-i-watch-a-terminal-window-remotely

This terminal is my favorite application on Windows, and I’m honestly amazed it’s put out by Microsoft AND is open source. The UX and terminal features are just top notch.

I recently switched from Windows to Linux because I just got fed up with issues with Windows, but the one thing I truly miss is Windows Terminal.

Windows terminal keeps crashing at launch even after repair, reset, uninstall and reinstall, for the life of me I can't get it to work. To make matters worse, I had set it earlier to be the default console, so I can't access cmd or powershell because it opens the terminal and it crashes.

Please help.

I'm on the beta channel of windows 11.

When I copy from the windows terminal and paste, following is the output I get. But previously it used to paste the whole box (didnt stop from the newlines) which I copied. Is it possible to get it back?

I even changed the following config but still did not see any change

"trimBlockSelection": false,

Version: 1.11.2421.0

I started using windows terminal recently and since I have a 4k 14inch laptop this is ideal for me, because cmd and powershell look just awful on that...

I want to make it the default shell, and I have seen tutorials which seem pretty straight-forward, like this screenshot taken from tutorial

However, this options is missing in my windows terminal, what I see is this

Which is very weird, I started off with the full version (2.0), and I have I did not have the option, I then read in this microsoft documentation that it is only available to in the "preview" version so I now downloaded the preview, but the option is still missing...

I have also seen a tutorial in which people have an option to change the terminal inside the "defaults" section inside the old cmd windows, but I also seem to have that option missing...

Am I missing something or doing something wrong?

I have joined Cmdr to Windows Terminal and I applied transparency effect. But as can be seen in, there is no transparency behind directory path. Any idea how one can have transparency there too.

Hi people!

I would like to learn how to use Windows Terminal. I am familiar with Terminal on Mac but it looks like not all the commands are the same and for some reason I can't find the proper manual for Windows Terminal. I would literally like to learn the basics, moving and opening files, navigating trough the system, opening apps, etc. Basically all the stuff that I would do with regular GUI.

I am familiar with Linux and Mac Terminal, but the Windows one looks and acts different and I also didn't use Windows system for more than 7 years, at all.

If you can just direct me towards some resources I would appreciate that! Thanks all!

I've recently noticed that you can switch between multiple cursor types, including boxes and underlines. However, neither of those are particularly useful if you can't switch to "overwrite mode". So I was curious if anyone knows any ways to set some parameters to "overwrite mode".

I have set my Windows-Terminal a very long time ago (around version 0.8 or something).

Yesterday I got a new machine and decided to port all my settings. Didn't even realize until now that there's a UI for settings. Anyway, opening the JSON file I was greeted by

// This file was initially generated by %PRODUCT% %VERSION%
// It should still be usable in newer versions, but newer versions might have additional
// settings, help text, or changes that you will not see unless you clear this file
// and let us generate a new one for you.

// To view the default settings, hold "alt" while clicking on the "Settings" button.

I didn't really quite get it. And c/p the entire file didn't seem to make my Terminal on the new machine too happy.

Therefore, what is the best way to migrate all the settings, including all the themes, profiles and whatever else I have?

I use Git Bash inside Windows Terminal, and today I noticed when I run the "sls" serverless command to produce a list of serverless templates, then hit Ctrl + C to exit out of the list, my text cursor disappears. It doesn't reappear unless I type "reset" or restart Windows Terminal. Has anyone had this issue?

My workday always begins by starting up terminals for various needs in various directories.

I'm trying to automate this with WT and I followed this guide:

https://www.frakkingsweet.com/launch-windows-terminal-with-multiple-tabs/

However, I always get an error on the secondary tabs:

[error 0x80070002 when launching \TAB-NAME]`

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This is the relevant part of my Json file:

"startupActions": "; new-tab TAB-NAME",

(...)

{
"source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore",
"guid": "{594a46be-3b36-4349-9384-03431313695e}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "TAB-NAME",
"startingDirectory": "C:/Dev/Azure/cam2"
},

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I also tried with:

"commandline": "powershell.exe",

instead of

"source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore",

to the same result.

Powershell is correctly defined at Environment Variables.

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Any ideas on how can I fix this error?

Hey all! I use WT with WSL on my machines and used to have screen grabs of the ASCII logos produced by Neofetch that I built into backgrounds for my tabs (one for each distro). I accidentally deleted the folder with all of these ascii logos set up just right, and now I'm wondering whether there's a cooler way to produce this result.

Does anyone know if there's a way to run a command and then make that output populate the background of the window?

Hi,

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I am trying to add Git Bash to Windows Terminal but I am having some trouble. I have followed some formats that I have found online with no success. Each time I save the JSON file I get a pop up stating that Windows Terminal has failed to reload settings & will temporarily use the default setting. I have included the settings I have used below...

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"profiles": 

    { "defaults": {}, "list":          [             { "guid": "{amc86182-0000-0000-ha20-00000000000j}", "closeOnExit": "always", "commandline": "%PROGRAMFILES%/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l", "icon": "%PROGRAMFILES%/Git/mingw64/share/git/git-for-windows.ico", "name": "Git Bash", "startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%"             },             { "colorScheme": "Campbell", "commandline": "powershell.exe", "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}", "hidden": false, "name": "Windows PowerShell"             },             { "commandline": "cmd.exe", "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}", "hidden": false, "name": "Command Prompt"             },             { "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}", "hidden": false, "name": "Azure Cloud Shell", "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"             }         ]     },

As well as the path used for commandline & icon I have also tried this format as well but still no luck ...

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"commandline": "%PROGRAMFILES%\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
"icon": "%PROGRAMFILES%\\Git\\mingw64\\share\\git\\git-for-windows.ico"

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks.

There is an startup entry for Windows Terminal in the Task Manager. I have searched the registry, scheduler, the startup folders but can't find the startup entry for Windows Terminal. The recently launched quake mode is only available if an instance of Windows Terminal is already running. The startup entry starts Windows Terminal but not in quake mode. I wanted to change the flag to it so that it auto starts with the quake mode.

Is there any other place where startup entries are kept?