Cannot type when running PowerShell 7 #17539

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opened 2026-01-31 05:45:22 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @Jkalkus on GitHub (May 24, 2022).

Whenever I open PowerShell 7, I cannot type most text in the terminal. Ctrl+C and other meta key combinations to report a response in the terminal.

Also, when I run PWSH.exe from the windows command prompt (CMD.exe), I can no longer type in that terminal once it loads PWSH.exe.

I have seen reports about enabling “Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Service." This service is enable and running on my machine.

Originally created by @Jkalkus on GitHub (May 24, 2022). Whenever I open PowerShell 7, I cannot type most text in the terminal. Ctrl+C and other meta key combinations to report a response in the terminal. Also, when I run PWSH.exe from the windows command prompt (CMD.exe), I can no longer type in that terminal once it loads PWSH.exe. I have seen reports about enabling “Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Service." This service is enable and running on my machine.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 24, 2022):

Huh, so you can't type in pwsh even in the vintage console? I'm gonna say that this is a bug that should be moved over to https://github.com/powershell/powershell then. They'd be more equipped to drill into your powershell setup and figure out the root cause here.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 24, 2022): Huh, so you can't type in `pwsh` even in the vintage console? I'm gonna say that this is a bug that should be moved over to https://github.com/powershell/powershell then. They'd be more equipped to drill into your powershell setup and figure out the root cause here.
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Reference: starred/terminal#17539