What is the command to make the command line interface icon to appear on the windows 8 desktop permanently? so i can double click on it and use the command line easily.
(Works in Windows 10, not sure if it's exactly the same in Windows 8)
If you search for cmd in the Start Menu, you can right-click it and click "Open file location". Then copy the shortcut using Ctrl+C and paste it to your Desktop with Ctrl+V.
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I have 10 applications that I constantly work on. At times I need to open them all up separately to run bash commands on them. Is there a way I can create a windows shortcut for each folder, then I select all 10 shortcuts and click enter to initiate 10 different VSCode applications each opens up with their respective folder I set to?
(Windows 10) To open VS Code in desired directory using shortcut:
Create shortcut to Visual Code Studio app,
Right click on the shortcut and select Properties,
In Target field append your directory path (remember to use quotes " " if there are spaces in the path).
ctr + K + O
open a folder vs code most common shortcut key available all platforms same
https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-windows.pdf
I use a batch file like in Sean's solution. You can automatically close the terminal after launch if you use the start command rather than "code ."
Here's an example:
#echo off
cd "C:\path\to\your\project\folder\"
start "" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" .
exit
Note: if you don's like how the batch file looks, you can make a shortcut to the batch file and change the shortcut's icon to the VS Code icon.
In a similar situation, I use a batch file to launch my most used vscode windows. I am not yet smart enough to make the cmd windows disappear after they open vscode, but maybe someday. In each batch file, use the following changing the directory for each project.
#ECHO OFF
cd C:\directory\where\your\project\is
code .
exit
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'm trying to setup a chain of tasks that need a terminal for each one. To do so, I need to use a command that opens a new integrated terminal tab from a previous integrated terminal. Is there any way to do so in vs-code integrated terminal?
In mac I would use
open -a Terminal
Or something like ttab that immediately opens a tab in the current iterm terminal.
Thanks
(edited: I'm looking for a command to type in the terminal, not hotkeys)
Ctrl+Shift+` (Tilda) is the keyboard shortcut to open another terminal on Windows.
Cmd+Shift+` (Tilda) is the keyboard shortcut to open another terminal on Mac.
I would like to switch from powershell.exe to cmd.exe in the terminal but i'm not sure how to do so. Provided screenshot for clarification.
Press Ctrl+Shift+P to show all commands.
Type profile in the displayed text box to filter the list.
Select Terminal: Select Default Profile.
You will be prompted to Select your preferred terminal shell, you can change this later in your settings or follow the same process as we do now
Select Command Prompt (cmd.exe)
Click the Delete Icon in the shell pane to remove the existing terminal.
Press Ctrl+` (or View > Terminal in menu) to open a new terminal pane.
Add this user settings to your File -- Prefernces -- User Settings
// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe",
}
2021 Update:
Hit Ctrl+Shift+P
Type/Paste : Terminal: Select Default Profile
Select the command prompt from the drop down list.
Thanks! :)
I found two different ways to switch from powershell to command prompt in VSCode.
Very simple steps i found my self as below:
First one is very simple way:
Press Ctrl+` (or View > Terminal in menu) to open a
new terminal pane.
Click terminal selection dropdown and click 'Select Default Shell'.
Choose terminal type Command Prompt or PowerShell
Now Delete current opened terminal or open new terminal.
Now, Command Prompt will be your default shell in VSCode.
Second one is also simple and handy for all devs.
Press Ctrl+Shift+P to show all commands.
Type shell in the displayed text box to filter the list.
Select Terminal: Select Default Shell.
You will be prompted to Select your preferred terminal shell, you can change this later in your settings or follow the same process as we do now
Select Command Prompt (cmd.exe)
Click the Delete Icon in the shell pane to remove the existing terminal.
Press Ctrl+` (or View > Terminal in menu) to open a new terminal pane.
open settings (ctrl+comma)
find terminal.integrated.shell.windows
replace its value with C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe
I also faced this problem that when I clicked on terminal. It was showing Powershell but not Command Prompt, so I did the following steps to get Command Prompt in Visual Studio:
View -> Command palette -> Toggle Integrated Terminal
Open terminal by shortcut ctrl+`
or View -> terminal
Write the command as cmd.exe and run
In the current terminal ,simply type cmd and enter. And you are done.
From Visual Studio if you have powershell set as your default integrated terminal, after you call it with Ctrl-` (control backtick) - that toggles from the terminal to your files panel and back. Call the terminal, It will show as 1: pwsh in the dropdown box. From the powershell command line type bash and enter. You have your bash prompt $. In the dropdown you now see 1: bash.
You can type cmd from either the ps C: or the $ bash prompt and open the windows command prompt. C:> and exit to exit them.
You can open up multiple terminals. Say powershell (pwsh) is your default one. A new terminal will show as 2: pwsh which you can change to a cmd one. The same if you open a third. Change it to bash. You now have 3 terminals 1: pwsh, 2: cmd, and 3: bash. You can select whichever one you want to work with from the dropdown. You can of course exit any of them.
No doubt you've seen that when you are running node.js, the terminal becomes node.
I just want to enter ext install typewriter-sounds to install a plug in. there are many plugins that require similar command. I just dont know where to type that command.
I dont know what its called.
You can open an integrated terminal with one of the options described here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal
Use the Ctrl+` keyboard shortcut with the backtick character.
Use the View | Toggle Integrated Terminal menu command.
From the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P), use the View:Toggle Integrated Terminal command.
It's very simple. Please press the:
ctrl + `