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Microsoft's official new terminal app for Windows, released May 2019.

Windows Terminal is the Terminal app for Windows made by Microsoft, released in May 2019. See the Windows Terminal GitHub

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Use Windows Terminal in place of cmd when a command line exe is executed

I have a couple command line apps (launch4j + java.exe) I use. I'd like to run them on Windows Terminal instead of cmd.exe. But, even after installing Windows Terminal, when I execute the launch4j exe, it still runs on cmd.exe. If I run wt myapp.exe…
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Remember tabs (including cwd and tab title) between executions

I cannot seem to find a way to make Windows Terminal remember all tabs after quitting it. I also cannot find a way to specify multiple tabs in the settings. Are these key feature really not available yet in Windows Terminal 1.1.2233 ?
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Visual Studio launch terminal instead of command prompt

I have installed the new Windows Terminal and use it for everything instead of the default Command Prompt. However, when I launch a new console application from Visual Studio, it still launches the old Command Prompt. How can I configure Visual…
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Launch Windows Terminal from VSCode?

I'm trying to launch the new Windows Terminal through VSCode like I have with other terminal emulators. Previously I've used the following setting in the VSCode JSON file settings.json to launch Cmder through VSCode with…
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How to start "Windows Terminal" via command line?

I am using Listary (which is a comfortable explorer integration) and I want to be able to start an instance of "Windows Terminal" in the current directory. My Listary command is configured, so that it starts the application under the path…
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How to split Windows Terminal into 8 equal panes "programmatically"?

I am trying to split the new Windows Terminal into 8 equal panes by running one or more commands. Recently Microsoft added support for splitting the new Windows Terminal into panes "programmatically" by using the parameters: split-pane -H or -V…
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PowerShell, Windows Terminal size and position manipulation

I use some functions (below) in my $Profile to move and resize my PowerShell consoles. These work very nicely. I would like to use Windows Terminal more but I would also like to have these types of operations work there and presumably there must be…
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How to start the new Windows Terminal with multiple panes by default?

Is there a setting to split the new Windows Terminal into multiple panes by default? For example to start with two columns and the second column split into two horizontal parts?
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How to set Windows Terminal (UWP) as an external terminal for Visual Studio Code?

The title mostly says it all about the question. I want to set the newest Microsoft's Windows Terminal as an external terminal in Visual Studio Code. I found the WT's executable in C:\Program…
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How to run an executable in Windows Terminal?

I want to run an executable with Windows Terminal. Something like this: wt.exe myConsoleApp.exe But this only opens the Terminal itself. Making the Terminal the default for all ps1, bat and command line exe files would work too.
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Print emoji/foreign characters in CLI/shell/Terminal using PHP

When I run a script in the terminal containing
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Programmatically start process in old Windows Terminal?

My c++ application requires opening and closing terminal windows and complex terminal manipulation. It does not work in the new windows terminal with the tab system. I don't want to force users to change their default terminal just to run my app. I…
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How to use Windows Terminal as debug console in VS Code?

I want to use Windows Terminal as my debug console in Visual Studio Code. I don't like VS Code's integrated terminal. How do I do It? Here is my launch.json file in my python project: { "version": "0.2.0", "configurations": [ { …
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Hide the Windows Terminal console window with PowerShell

Background I want to hide the console window in a PowerShell script. EDIT: I am making this script stay resident with the system tray icon and hide from the taskbar. This script uses OneDrive to store screenshots. When you run this script, you…
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Windows Terminal minimizes instead of hiding when using SW_HIDE

I am creating a program in GoLang that has an optional console window. During normal operation, the window will be completely hidden (including the task bar) and I the user will interact with it through the system tray. I want to have an option that…
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