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Other shells that were added include: PowerShell 7, Git Bash, Python, JShell These tools and/or languages will have to be installed separately.
To start your terminal elevated from your taskbar just create a shortcut with the following as location:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start /b wt
Icons modified to make your terminal look better, are provided in the img folder of this repository as well.
In regedit navigate to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\open\command
Change the default value to:
"C:\Users\StevenD'Hondt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe" -d . -p "Command Prompt" "%1" %*
{
"$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
"defaultProfile": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
"copyOnSelect": false,
"copyFormatting": false,
"profiles": {
"defaults": {
// Put settings here that you want to apply to all profiles.
"acrylicOpacity": 0.5,
"useAcrylic": true,
"colorScheme": "Tango Dark",
"backgroundImage": "C:\\Users\\Admin\\Pictures\\Saved Pictures\\terminalBGmagenta.png",
"backgroundImageOpacity": 0.5,
"padding": "0, 0, 0, 0",
"closeOnExit": true,
"fontFace": "Consolas",
"fontSize": 12,
"cursorShape": "bar",
"cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
"snapOnInput": true,
"historySize": 9001,
"startingDirectory": "C:\\" //"%USERPROFILE%"
},
"list": [
{
// Make changes here to the POWERSHELL 7 profile.
"tabTitle": "POWERSHELL",
"guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "PowerShell 7",
"commandline": "pwsh.exe -NoLogo",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
},
{
// Make changes here to the Powershell 7 preview
"guid": "{a3a2e83a-884a-5379-baa8-16f193a13b21}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "PowerShell 7 Preview",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
},
{
// Make changes here to the OLD POWERSHELL profile.
"tabTitle": "POWERSHELL (OLD)",
"guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
"name": "PowerShell (OLD)",
"commandline": "powershell.exe -NoLogo",
"hidden": false
},
{
// Make changes here to the CMD profile.
"tabTitle": "CMD",
"guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
"name": "Command Prompt",
"commandline": "cmd.exe",
"hidden": false
},
{
// Make changes here to the AZURE CLOUD SHELL profile.
"tabTitle": "AZURE CLOUD",
"guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
"name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
"hidden": false,
"source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
},
{
// Make changes here to the GIT BASH profile.
"tabTitle": "GIT BASH",
"guid": "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000012345}",
"name": "Git Bash",
"commandline": "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\\git\\bin\\bash.exe\" --login -i -l",
"colorScheme": "GitBash",
"icon": "%PROGRAMFILES%/git/mingw64/share/git/git-for-windows.ico"
},
{
// Make changes here to the Python Shell
"tabTitle": "PYTHON",
"guid": "{1850e97f-16dc-4281-9ea9-0100c4e852c5}",
"commandline": "py.exe",
"icon": "C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38/Lib/test/imghdrdata/python.png",
"name": "Python"
},
{
// Make changes here to the JShell
"tabTitle": "JSHELL",
"guid": "{e1840119-35c4-4dcc-a456-ecdf38222fa0}",
"commandline": "jshell.exe",
"icon": "C:\\Users\\Admin\\Pictures\\Saved Pictures\\java.png",
"name": "JShell"
},
{
// Make changes here to the WSL Ubuntu
"guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
"name": "Ubuntu",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
"startingDirectory": "/home/steven"
}
]
},
// Add custom color schemes to this array.
// To learn more about color schemes, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-color-schemes
"schemes": [
{
"name": "GitBash",
"background": "#000000",
"black": "#0C0C0C",
"blue": "#6060ff",
"brightBlack": "#767676",
"brightBlue": "#3B78FF",
"brightCyan": "#61D6D6",
"brightGreen": "#16C60C",
"brightPurple": "#B4009E",
"brightRed": "#E74856",
"brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
"brightYellow": "#F9F1A5",
"cyan": "#3A96DD",
"foreground": "#bfbfbf",
"green": "#00a400",
"purple": "#bf00bf",
"red": "#bf0000",
"white": "#ffffff",
"yellow": "#bfbf00",
"grey": "#bfbfbf"
}
],
"keybindings": [
{
"command": {
"action": "copy",
"singleLine": false
},
"keys": "ctrl+c"
},
{
"command": "paste",
"keys": "ctrl+v"
},
{
"command": "find",
"keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
},
{
"command": {
"action": "splitPane",
"split": "auto",
"splitMode": "duplicate"
},
"keys": "alt+shift+d"
}
]
}