Windows Terminal no longer starts #23732

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claunia · 2026-01-31T08:50:43Z

claunia commented

2026-01-31 08:50:43 +00:00

Originally created by @stderr-to-devnull on GitHub (Oct 19, 2025).

Windows Terminal version

1.23.12811.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Try to run Windows terminal downloaded from releases page.

Expected Behavior

Windows Terminal opens.

Actual Behavior

Windows Terminal does not open, a very brief window appears on taskbar then disappears.

Further explanation:

I already had Windows Terminal running fine in portable mode but after a reboot following latest Windows 10 updates, it no longer opens
I downloaded Windows Terminal from GitHub releases page to eliminate any issue with my config (corruption etc) but same thing happens
installing Windows Terminal from Windows Store works, it opens
downloading Windows Terminal Preview from GitHub releases page works, it opens

Originally created by @stderr-to-devnull on GitHub (Oct 19, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version 1.23.12811.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19045 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce Try to run Windows terminal downloaded from releases page. ### Expected Behavior Windows Terminal opens. ### Actual Behavior Windows Terminal does not open, a very brief window appears on taskbar then disappears. Further explanation: - I already had Windows Terminal running fine in portable mode but after a reboot following latest Windows 10 updates, it no longer opens - I downloaded Windows Terminal from GitHub releases page to eliminate any issue with my config (corruption etc) but same thing happens - installing Windows Terminal from Windows Store works, it opens - downloading Windows Terminal Preview from GitHub releases page works, it opens

claunia added the Needs-Triage Issue-Bug Needs-Attention labels 2026-01-31 08:50:44 +00:00

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dev/miniksa/draw

release-0.9

dev/miniksa/tabs-color-fix

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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