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",
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).
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I have multiple versions of vscode installed on my system with portable mode. I start each of them via a desktop shortcut. Since they are in portable mode, their installation directories are not in the default PATH variable.
When I make a new powershell terminal window, the portable vscode directory is not on the path. I need the command "code" in the terminal window to run the same vscode version that the terminal shell is running in. In other words, if I am running a portable vscode, and I open a powershell terminal and type the command "code", I want it to run the code.exe file that is the same as the vscode I am running it in, and not a different one, and not get the "object not found" message. For various reasons I do not want to have to type the full path.
So, in essence, I want to add a directory to the path variable when vscode starts up, with that directory being the base directory of the vscode itself.
You need to set this in: File/Preferences/Settings then select Workspace, there go to: Terminal/Integrated:Cmd and there specify An explicit start path where the terminal will be launched.
Since one of the last updates of VSCodem, I am unable to open a Cmder terminal, even with cmder specifically indicated as my terminal client.
settings.json
"terminal.external.windowsExec": "C:\\laragon\\bin\\Cmder\\Cmder.exe",
"terminal.integrated.env.windows": {"CMDER_ROOT": "C:\\laragon\\bin\\Cmder"},
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows" : ["/K","C:\\laragon\\bin\\cmder\\vendor\\init.bat"],
It only opens a powershelll terminal and cmder doesn't even appear on the dropdown options list on the add terminal button.
If I manually launch the cmder in windows and them press the CTRL+Ç, it will focus on the external window and will not open a terminal inside vscode.
Anyone had this problem? I can't figure it out... microsoft again doing what it does! I don't want powershell, I want cmder...
Thank you for any help!
I have this issue in microsoft visual studio code, whenever I open the terminal the first message I get is The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. The terminal works fine.. just it bugs me to see see this error message whenever I open the terminal.. how do I fix it?
I Installed Cmder as my default visual studio code terminal, maybe there is something related to this error?
thanks in advance
I am not sure how you have installed cmder as the integrated terminal in vscode but in settings.json you could try pointing the terminal.integrated.shell.windows to cmd.exe and the terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows to what makes cmd.exe be (act like) cmder which is cmder's init.bat file. So in your vscode settings.json add or modify the below lines to point to your cmd.exe and cmder init.bat respectivley.
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [ "/k", "C:\\cmder\\vendor\\init.bat"],
I got the same problum but it got fixed by following this steps
go to setting and search json
click on launch -(Edit in setting.json)
now replace the line "terminal.integrated.shell.windows":(path as showing) line to
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [ "/k", "C:\cmder\vendor\init.bat"],
save the program. Done!
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 Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.4.2382.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsTerminal.exe. Then I entered the path into VSC in the terminal.external.windowsExec. Then tried to run my program, but VSC showed a pop-up which says "Could not find "C:\Program". Check whether the path is written right an try again."
Also I have tried to use a shortcut (literally dragged the WT tile from Start to my desktop folder), then entered its path into the setting, but it just opens the app without starting the program.
You are essentially asking VS Code to Run... a program via the Ctrl + Shift + C command.
Per the tip here, you can achieve what you are looking for by simply entering:
wt
...into the terminal.external.windowsExec section.
It might not be handling the space in the filename correctly. Try surrounding the pathname in quotes like this: "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.4.2382.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsTerminal.exe"
WT now supports the "-d" parameter to open itself in a given directory: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/4023
But VSCODE does not allow to pass arguments to an external terminal: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/58086
The workaround for this is to create a batch script somewhere called wt.bat containing:
#start wt.exe -d "."
#exit
And put it on vscode Terminal>External: Windows Exec setting.
Note that the "Windows Terminal", as external terminal, does not launch in the workspace directory (issue 90734)
Set terminal.external.windowsExec to wt
Run "Open New External Terminal" from the command palette
A new instance of Windows Terminal opens, but with the default directory, instead of ${workspaceFolder}.
So while the Windows Terminal Preview v0.9 Release allows a starting directory to be specified with -d <starting dir>, it would not work with VSCode up to 1.44 (March 2020).
This should be fixed with VSCode 1.45 (April 2020): PR 90773.
I can open it with this configuration
"terminal.external.windowsExec": "wt.exe"
My windows terminal version is 1.11.2921.0
Then I found that Windows terminal is actually wt.exe
It's in a path like this C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\************\wt.exe
Then, I add the above 'wt.exe' to the vscode configuration file
I was using clink with ConEmu for various node related tasks on windows, but now I'm trying Visual Studio code.
How do I inject clink into Visual Studio Code's integrated terminal, so that I can get real command history persistence between sessions, incremental history search, etc.?
With ConEmu I could inject clink by dropping the clink folder into a specified pickup directory.
I've tried using the path to the included clink bat file, and the clink exe in the VS Code setting terminal.integrated.shell.windows but these spawn and then close the command shell immediately.
Thanks!
I discovered that you can pass arguments to the integrated shell in Visual Studio Code. Combined with the cmd.exe /K option which Carries out the command specified by string but remains, clink can be injected.
In VS Code, go to File > Preferences > Settings or use Ctrl , and add the settings:
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\sysnative\\cmd.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["/K", "C:\\path\\to\\clink\\clink_x64.exe inject"]
This is the equivalent of opening a command prompt in Windows, and running clink_x64 inject.
It is not answer for your question, but there is another trick to see cmder and text editor in one window. You can open your text editor as another tab in cmder, which I described here:
https://medium.com/#WMorkowski/protip-integrating-cmder-with-text-editor-7f08a6e76de7
from article:
Run your cmder.
Go to ‘Settings -> Startup -> Environment’
Type: set EDITOR_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe alias editor="%EDITOR_PATH%" $1 -new_console:s50V Where
in the first line you should type path to your text editor (I was
testing it on Visual Studio Code and Sublime, but it should work with
other editors).
Save your settings
Type ‘editor’ command in command line.
Whoa! We almost finished. But in most cases you don’t want console tab
to be attached to the top of the window. You should close console tab,
and open it again, paying attention to check “New console split to
bottom” checkbox and choose the right console type. Now when you
finally set everything up, you should go to ‘Settings -> Startup’, and
check “Auto save/restore opened tabs” checkbox to save our new
workflow. Now every time you run cmder, your tabs setup will be
restored.
Expanding on my comment:
Open settings.json with:
File > Open > %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json
And assuming you installed clink with the magic of chocolatey:
choco install clink-maintained
Then your clink_x64.exe lives here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\clink\clink_x64.exe
And the lines you add to settings.json look like:
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\sysnative\\cmd.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [
"/K",
"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\clink\\clink_x64.exe",
"inject",
"--profile",
"~\\clink"
],
Note the addition of --profile ... this allows the history to be persistent between vscode sessions.