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Mauro Huculak

5 features pro users should configure on Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal settings.

On Windows 11 (and 10), the Windows Terminal is the new default experience to run virtually any command-line shell, including Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL instances, and more.

Out of the box, the app includes the most common settings, but through the settings page, you can control many aspects of the app and each of the profiles. However, in this guide, I will share my top five favorite configurations that I believe everyone should change, including changing the startup behaviors, setting a custom startup directory, restoring the default blue color theme for PowerShell, and backing up the configuration settings.

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