To open a different profile, select the ˅ (arrow) next to the + button to open the dropdown menu. You can open a new tab of the default profile by pressing Ctrl+ Shift+ T or by selecting the + (plus) button.

Learn more about dynamic profiles on the Dynamic profiles page. Your command line profiles will be listed in the Settings UI, in addition to the option to + Add new profiles. Windows Terminal will automatically create profiles for you if you have WSL distributions or multiple versions of PowerShell installed. You can also set your default profile in the Settings.json file associated with Windows Terminal if you prefer. Select Startup and choose the Default profile that you prefer.Select Startup and choose 'Windows Terminal' as the Default terminal application setting.Īfter installation, when you open Windows Terminal, it will start with the PowerShell command line as the default profile in the open tab.Open Windows Terminal and go to the Settings UI window.To open any command line application with Windows Terminal, set it as your default terminal application. This feature is only available in Windows 11.

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