Windows Terminal Will Soon Be the Default Command Line Experience in Windows 11
Dec. 15, 2021In a recentofficial blog post, Microsoft’s Program Manager for Windows Terminal, Kayla Cinnamon explained the nitty-gritty details about the change. So, let’s take look at what would this change mean for Windows users and developers.
Starting with the question of what is a default terminal, Kayla explained that it is primarily a default terminal emulator that supports other command-line programs such as Command Prompt and PowerShell. So, for those unaware, command-line programs such as these always have used the Windows Console Host, aka conhost.exe, as the default terminal emulator.
Although users can change the default terminal emulator from the Privacy and Security settings in Windows 11 and set it to the Windows Terminal, Microsoft has never taken down Windows Console Host from the default terminal position and neither did it support replacing it.
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