starred/terminal
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal.git synced 2026-07-08 18:16:28 +00:00
Code Issues 19.0k Packages Projects Releases 20 Wiki Activity

Generated profiles of "Developer cmd/pwsh for VS" have different guid for even same distribution #17135

New Issue
Closed
opened 2026-01-31 05:33:06 +00:00 by claunia · 6 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:33:06 +00:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @hsupu on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022).

Windows Terminal version

1.12.10393.0

Windows build number

10.0.19044.0 or 10.0.22000.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

I want to sync the settings of wt between PCs, hit this issue.

I installed VS 2022 Community and VSSetup (pwsh module). Get-VSSetupInstance reported different InstanceId.

I read the code and found wt uses VS InstanceId to generate guid.

Expected Behavior

Either VS InstanceId becomes identical for same distribution or WT generates profiles uses a independent way.

Actual Behavior

WT generates profiles from VS InstanceId which is different between PCs.

Originally created by @hsupu on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1.12.10393.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19044.0 or 10.0.22000.0 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce I want to sync the settings of wt between PCs, hit this issue. I installed VS 2022 Community and VSSetup (pwsh module). `Get-VSSetupInstance` reported different `InstanceId`. I read the code and found wt uses VS InstanceId to generate guid. ### Expected Behavior Either VS InstanceId becomes identical for same distribution or WT generates profiles uses a independent way. ### Actual Behavior WT generates profiles from VS InstanceId which is different between PCs.
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 05:33:06 +00:00
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:33:07 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022):

What are the chances...? We just had a discussion about this in #12782

I think I'm okay with us not being able to have the same VS profile shared across machines. That would be something we should note when we come back around on #2933

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022): What are the chances...? We just had a discussion about this in #12782 I think I'm okay with us not being able to have the same VS profile shared across machines. That would be something we should note when we come back around on #2933
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:33:07 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@hsupu commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022):

Ohh.. I'm sorry for not checking the discussions first. I searched issues and found no related so opened this one.

Yes I want a roaming settings, but I think another issue here is that there is NO chance (inline json or another file) to define custom guid mapping. I found states.json just marked generated one.

@hsupu commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022): Ohh.. I'm sorry for not checking the discussions first. I searched issues and found no related so opened this one. Yes I want a roaming settings, but I think another issue here is that there is NO chance (inline json or another file) to define custom guid mapping. I found `states.json` just marked generated one.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:33:08 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022):

Oh don't worry about it. We're only jsut dipping our feet into discussions, so not sure we've even got the habit down yet 😛

I think another issue here is that there is NO chance (inline json or another file) to define custom guid mapping

Sorry, could you elaborate? Like, do you want to be able to mark one profile as inheriting the settings from another maybe? I think we've got something on the backlog like that, but I want to be sure that's what you mean

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022): Oh don't worry about it. We're only jsut dipping our feet into discussions, so not sure we've even got the habit down yet 😛 > I think another issue here is that there is NO chance (inline json or another file) to define custom guid mapping Sorry, could you elaborate? Like, do you want to be able to mark one profile as inheriting the settings from another maybe? I think we've got something on the backlog like that, but I want to be sure that's what you mean
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:33:08 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@hsupu commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022):

For example, we have at least two predefined guid (hardcoded in code)

{
    "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
    "name": "Command Prompt"
},
{
    "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
    "name": "Windows PowerShell",
    "hidden": true
},

I want to add an alias to point one of them, as a solution for this issue, but not ideally.

"guid-mapping": {
    "{94c94f69-f7a9-5065-9368-56efcd5bd9e6}": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
}

{
    "guid": "{94c94f69-f7a9-5065-9368-56efcd5bd9e6}",
    "name": "Windows PowerShell (2)",
    "hidden": false // extend the idea, override settings
}

VS Developer profiles aren't hardcoded, but almost same.

@hsupu commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022): For example, we have at least two predefined guid (hardcoded in code) ```json { "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}", "name": "Command Prompt" }, { "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}", "name": "Windows PowerShell", "hidden": true }, ``` I want to add an alias to point one of them, as a solution for this issue, but not ideally. ```js "guid-mapping": { "{94c94f69-f7a9-5065-9368-56efcd5bd9e6}": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}", } { "guid": "{94c94f69-f7a9-5065-9368-56efcd5bd9e6}", "name": "Windows PowerShell (2)", "hidden": false // extend the idea, override settings } ``` VS Developer profiles aren't hardcoded, but almost same.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:33:08 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2022):

Okay yea, that sounds just like /dup #3818. Thanks!

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2022): Okay yea, that sounds just like /dup #3818. Thanks!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:33:08 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2022):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2022): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
Clear labels
⛺ Reserved
A11yCO
A11yMAS
A11ySev1
A11ySev2
A11ySev3
A11yTTValidated
A11yUsable
A11yVoiceAccess
A11yWCAG
Area-Accessibility
Area-AtlasEngine
Area-AzureShell
Area-Build
Area-Build
Area-Chat
Area-CmdPal
Area-CodeHealth
Area-Commandline
Area-CookedRead
Area-DefApp
Area-Extensibility
Area-Fonts
Area-GroupPolicy
Area-i18n
Area-Input
Area-Interaction
Area-Interop
Area-Localization
Area-Output
Area-Performance
Area-Portable
Area-Quality
Area-Remoting
Area-Rendering
Area-Schema
Area-Server
Area-Settings
Area-SettingsUI
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-Suggestions
Area-Suggestions
Area-TerminalConnection
Area-TerminalControl
Area-Theming
Area-UserInterface
Area-VT
Area-Windowing
Area-WPFControl
AutoMerge
Blocking-Ingestion
Culprit-Centennial
Culprit-WinUI
Disability-All
Disability-Blind
Disability-LowVision
Disability-Mobility
External-Blocked-WinUI3
Fixed
Gathering-Data
good first issue
HCL-E+D
HCL-WindowsTerminal
Help Wanted
Impact-Compatibility
Impact-Compliance
Impact-Correctness
Impact-Visual
In-PR
InclusionBacklog
InclusionBacklog-Windows TerminalWin32
InclusionCommitted-202206
Issue-Bug
Issue-Docs
Issue-Feature
Issue-Feature
Issue-Question
Issue-Samples
Issue-Scenario
Issue-Task
Needs-Attention
Needs-Author-Feedback
Needs-Bisect
Needs-Discussion
Needs-Repro
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Triage
No-Recent-Activity
Priority-0
Priority-1
Priority-2
Priority-3
Product-Cmd.exe
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Conhost
Product-Conpty
Product-Meta
Product-Powershell
Product-Terminal
Product-WSL
pull-request
Mirrored from GitHub Pull Request
 Resolution-Answered
Resolution-By-Design
Resolution-Duplicate
Resolution-External
Resolution-Fix-Available
Resolution-Fix-Committed
Resolution-No-Repro
Resolution-Won't-Fix
Severity-Blocking
Severity-Crash
Severity-DataLoss
spam
this-will-be-a-breaking-change
Tracking-External
WindowsTerminal_Win32
Work-Item
zAskModeBug
zInbox-Bug
No Label Issue-Bug Resolution-Duplicate
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Projects
Clear projects
No project
Assignees
Clear assignees
claunia
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/terminal#17135
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?