#1841 not good enough #10235

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opened 2026-01-31 02:16:06 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @amoldeshpande on GitHub (Aug 20, 2020).

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Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.450]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.1.2233.0

Any other software?

Steps to reproduce

I have some sort of phantom association with .json files and a version of Visual Studio (2015) that I no longer actually have. This is a long-standing situation due to some incompetence on my part, but not really relevant.

Anyway, this leads to a situation where I tried to open settings after installing Terminal and it kept beeping with no error message.

According to #1841 it should fire up notepad if ShellExecute() fails, but it does not show me notepad either.

Expected behavior

At least pop-up a message box saying "Couldn't open settings.json, check that you have an editor associated".

Regardless of how I got into this sorry state, lack of user feedback is inexcusable.

Actual behavior

DING ! DING!

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Reference: starred/terminal#10235