VS Developer Prompts do not attach to window, conflict with allowHeadless #20039

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opened 2026-01-31 07:01:32 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @JVimes on GitHub (Jun 6, 2023).

Windows Terminal version

1.18.1462.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045.0

Other Software

Visual Studio 17.7.0 Preview 1.0

Steps to reproduce

  1. Select "Windows Terminal" for "Default terminal application" under Startup.
  2. Set "windowingBehavior": "useAnyExisting" and open a terminal.
  3. From Start, run "Developer PowerShell for VS 2022" or "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022" from Visual Studio.

Expected Behavior

The developer prompt is new tab in the existing terminal window.

Actual Behavior

The developer prompt opens in a second instance of Windows Terminal. This creates another problem with alwaysShowNotificationIcon and the new compatibility.allowHeadless, where the extra notification area icon can't be closed without killing WindowsTerminal.exe.

2023-06-06_11h22_45

Originally created by @JVimes on GitHub (Jun 6, 2023). ### Windows Terminal version 1.18.1462.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19045.0 ### Other Software Visual Studio 17.7.0 Preview 1.0 ### Steps to reproduce 1. Select "Windows Terminal" for "Default terminal application" under Startup. 1. Set `"windowingBehavior": "useAnyExisting"` and open a terminal. 1. From Start, run "Developer PowerShell for VS 2022" or "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022" from Visual Studio. ### Expected Behavior The developer prompt is new tab in the existing terminal window. ### Actual Behavior The developer prompt opens in a second instance of Windows Terminal. This creates another problem with `alwaysShowNotificationIcon` and the new `compatibility.allowHeadless`, where the extra notification area icon can't be closed without killing WindowsTerminal.exe. ![2023-06-06_11h22_45](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/6148201/1f8f0f21-1407-4463-bc79-73907f2fd143)
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 07:01:32 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#20039