Default Terminal is now supported on Windows 10!

[Dustin L. Howett (DHowett)]

You can finally set Windows Terminal as the default host for console applications on Windows 10! 🎉

After you install KB5026435, you will be able to access the Default Terminal settings in the console host and Developer settings page.

After you install Windows Terminal v1.17, you will also be able to access the setting inside Terminal. Default terminal is supported in earlier versions, but there is no code in those versions to detect that Windows 10 supports it... so it won't give you the option.

[Siyu Lei (wuyilingwei)]

wow

[PRO (PRO-2684)]

🥳

[LucasOe]

Are third party terminals like Alacritty or ConEmu also supported? That would be amazing!

[James Holderness (j4james)]

I believe it's theoretically possible, but there is a certain amount of work those terminals would need to do to support this. I know a number of them already have open issues for it though.

• Contour
• WezTerm
• Alacritty

[James Pack (jamespack)]

SO PUMPED for this for my work life. 🙌

[Tanner Valley (Tanner-hue)]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Zhang Houjin (ZHJ0125)]

Win10 YYDS

[Alex Yang (whwdzg)]

说得好

[Ian O'Neill (ianjoneill)]

In the settings app, the text above the drop-down list-box is cut-off for me. This includes at full-screen resolution (1366x768) on my old laptop.

Also, why does the linked KB article not mention this change at all? You'd think it would be a highlight!

[Kalle Olavi Niemitalo (KalleOlaviNiemitalo)]

The text is cut in Finnish as well. Filed https://aka.ms/AAlffuv.

[Tanner Valley (Tanner-hue)]

There is one issue with the app Dustin L. Howett (@DHowett) so the command shell profiles just don't save so like if I made a Command shell profile it would save but then when I close the app then open it again and see if it saved I just don't see it being saved

[Mike Griese (zadjii-msft)]

Can you file a new issue for this? This doesn't sound like something that should have regressed just because defterm is now supported on Windows 10....

Thanks!

[Tanner Valley (Tanner-hue)]

Can you file a new issue for this? This doesn't sound like something that should have regressed just because defterm is now supported on Windows 10....

Thanks!

Ok but I now solved it