Launch Windows Terminal from VSCode?

Question

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 ctrl+C

"terminal.external.windowsExec": "C:\\Program Files\\cmder\\Cmder.exe",

However, trying the same with the directory of the Windows Terminal directory has been unsuccessful.

"terminal.external.windowsExec": "C:\\Program Files\\WindowsApps\\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.0.1401.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\\WindowsTerminal.exe",

Answer 1

I thought that the executable was wt.exe, so if I'm correct, in your settings.json, you should be using:

"terminal.external.windowsExec": "C:\\Users\\skillcap\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\wt.exe",

(remember to change the user name as required).

As a side note, the executable should also have been added to your %PATH%, so you should be able to generally start it using just wt, (with an unmodified %PATHEXT% variable).