Terminal no longer auto-generates a profile for PowerShell 7 when installed via winget. #22968

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claunia · 2026-01-31T08:28:44Z

claunia commented

2026-01-31 08:28:44 +00:00

Originally created by @ninbura on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025).

Windows Terminal version

1.21.10351.0

Windows build number

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

install Windows 11
open Windows Terminal
install PowerShell 7 via winget
- ```
winget install Microsoft.PowerShell
```
restart Windows Terminal
observe that PowerShell 7 profile was not created

Expected Behavior

When PowerShell 7 is installed via winget, Microsoft Terminal should automatically generate a profile for it.

Actual Behavior

When PowerShell 7 is installed via winget, Microsoft Terminal does not generate a profile for it.

Originally created by @ninbura on GitHub (Feb 24, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version 1.21.10351.0 ### Windows build number Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce 1. install Windows 11 2. open Windows Terminal 3. install PowerShell 7 via winget - ```PowerShell winget install Microsoft.PowerShell ``` 4. restart Windows Terminal 5. observe that PowerShell 7 profile was not created ### Expected Behavior When PowerShell 7 is installed via winget, Microsoft Terminal should automatically generate a profile for it. ### Actual Behavior When PowerShell 7 is installed via winget, Microsoft Terminal does not generate a profile for it.

claunia added the Needs-Triage Issue-Bug Resolution-External labels 2026-01-31 08:28:44 +00:00

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dev/miniksa/4309

dev/migrie/f/just-wrapping

dev/migrie/b/3490-try-another-resize-algo

release-0.8

dev/migrie/b/3490-a-simpler-resize

dev/migrie/b/3490-resize-down

dev/miniksa/4254

dev/migrie/f/conpty-wrapped-lines-2

dev/migrie/b/be-better-at-hiding

dev/migrie/f/3327-xaml-theming-proto

dev/miniksa/gardening2

release-0.7

dev/duhowett/conpty-flags

dev/migrie/f/603-vintage-opacity

dev/migrie/PR#3181-comments

dev/duhowett/font-64

release-0.5

dev/migrie/b/663-paste-lf-always

dev/migrie/b/2011-reordered-fallthrough-strings

dev/migrie/b/411-init-tab-stops

dev/migrie/b/json-patching-is-hard

dev/migrie/b/2455-try-getting-tests-working

dev/migrie/b/1223-change-256-table

dev/migrie/f/2171-openterm.cmd

dev/migrie/f/drag-panes

dev/migrie/f/2046-command-palette

release-0.3

dev/miniksa/manager

dev/migrie/f/non-terminal-panes

dev/migrie/f/passthrough-2019

dev/miniksa/shared_pch

dev/migrie/f/1897-less-duplicated-work

release-0.2

dev/cazamor/mcs/viewport-selection

dev/duhowett/version_hack

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