How to Change the Default Terminal in VS Code with Ctrl+Shift+C
Guide
In Visual Studio Code, you can press Ctrl + Shift + C
to bring up the terminal window. This is a feature that ends up being used quite often for various tests and reasons, but more often than not, you might want to use powershell
or windows terminal
instead of cmd
.
Step 1.
Open the settings window by going to File/Preferences/Setting
or pressing Ctrl+,
.
Step 2. External: Windows Exec
Find External: Windows Exec
1. The path listed here is the path to the terminal that will be executed. Depending on the terminal you want to use, you can change it to the following paths2:
- For powershell:
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
- For windows terminal:
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe
Environment
- OS: Windows
- VS Code: 1.60.1