Powershell not accepting Ctrl+R for command history search #520

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opened 2026-01-30 21:54:15 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @avvertix on GitHub (Jan 17, 2019).

The powershell is not accepting anymore the Ctrl+R shortcut to show the command history search.

  • Your Windows build number: Microsoft Windows 10.0.17763.253
  • What you're doing and what's happening: (Copy & paste specific commands and their output, or include screen shots)

Usually in VSCode integrated terminal or directly in the Powershell I press Ctrl+R to get the fuzzy search over previously typed commands. But this time it writes ^R

powershell-back-search

  • What's wrong / what should be happening instead:

The expected behavior is to present the fuzzy search prompt, like in the screen below

sharedimage
  • Additional information

The gif of the failure is taken on a Windows 10 (10.0.17763.253) installation with Italian localization, while the expected behavior was taken on a Windows 10 (10.0.17763.253) installation with English localization.

I tried to date back when the wrong behavior first appeared, and my conclusion was after the January patch tuesday, when I finally let install the Windows 1809 feature update along with KB4480116, KB4480979 and KB4480056.

On the English localized laptop the 1809 upgrade was done in December and has the additional KB4468550 update installed, which was not presented on the Italian localized desktop computer.

In addition I should mention that the desktop was previously Windows 7 and upgraded to Windows 10, while the laptop came with Windows 10 pre-installed.

Originally created by @avvertix on GitHub (Jan 17, 2019). The powershell is not accepting anymore the `Ctrl+R` shortcut to show the command history search. * Your Windows build number: `Microsoft Windows 10.0.17763.253` * What you're doing and what's happening: (Copy & paste specific commands and their output, or include screen shots) Usually in VSCode integrated terminal or directly in the Powershell I press `Ctrl+R` to get the fuzzy search over previously typed commands. But this time it writes `^R` ![powershell-back-search](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5672748/51307813-e4c73380-1a40-11e9-8a66-2aa4a455a744.gif) * What's wrong / what should be happening instead: The expected behavior is to present the fuzzy search prompt, like in the screen below <img width="613" alt="sharedimage" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5672748/51307454-04aa2780-1a40-11e9-963a-2ceb61df60ed.png"> * Additional information The gif of the failure is taken on a Windows 10 (`10.0.17763.253`) installation with Italian localization, while the expected behavior was taken on a Windows 10 (`10.0.17763.253`) installation with English localization. I tried to date back when the wrong behavior first appeared, and my conclusion was after the January patch tuesday, when I finally let install the Windows 1809 feature update along with `KB4480116`, `KB4480979` and `KB4480056`. On the English localized laptop the 1809 upgrade was done in December and has the additional `KB4468550` update installed, which was not presented on the Italian localized desktop computer. In addition I should mention that the desktop was previously Windows 7 and upgraded to Windows 10, while the laptop came with Windows 10 pre-installed.
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Reference: starred/terminal#520