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Changing Default Profile Does Not Work #6371

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opened 2026-01-31 00:36:54 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:36:54 +00:00
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Originally created by @tjquinn1 on GitHub (Feb 11, 2020).

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Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.18363.0
Terminal Verison: 0.8.10261.0
WSL1 with Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

Steps to reproduce

I changed the default profile from power shell to Ubuntu in settings.json using the profiles guid.

Expected behavior

Ubuntu to be default profile.

Actual behavior

The Terminal makes Ubuntu the default profile but instead of loading Ubuntu it loads powershell in the Ubuntu shell. I tried reverting the default back to powershell but it will not revert back. So even though the powershell is again the default in settings.json, it has kept loading the Ubuntu hybrid as the default. If I open WSL through powershell that does work and Ubuntu seems to work as expected then.

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claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:36:56 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2020):

@tjquinn1 Could you share your profiles.json file?

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2020): @tjquinn1 Could you share your `profiles.json` file?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:36:56 +00:00
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@tjquinn1 commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2020):

@zadjii-msft Sure Here you go

{
    "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",

    "defaultProfile": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",

    "profiles":
    [
        {
            // Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile
            "guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
            "name": "Windows PowerShell",
            "commandline": "powershell.exe",
            "hidden": false
        },
        {
            // Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile
            "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
            "name": "cmd",
            "commandline": "cmd.exe",
            "hidden": false
        },
        {
            "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
            "hidden": false,
            "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
            "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
        },
        {
            "guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
            "hidden": false,
            "name": "Ubuntu",
            "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
            "fontFace": "Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline",
            "background": "#58b8ae",
            "selectionBackground": "#d25bd9"
        }
    ],

    // Add custom color schemes to this array
    "schemes": [],

    // Add any keybinding overrides to this array.
    // To unbind a default keybinding, set the command to "unbound"
    "keybindings": []
}
@tjquinn1 commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2020): @zadjii-msft Sure Here you go ``` { "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema", "defaultProfile": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}", "profiles": [ { // Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile "guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}", "name": "Windows PowerShell", "commandline": "powershell.exe", "hidden": false }, { // Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}", "name": "cmd", "commandline": "cmd.exe", "hidden": false }, { "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}", "hidden": false, "name": "Azure Cloud Shell", "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure" }, { "guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}", "hidden": false, "name": "Ubuntu", "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl", "fontFace": "Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline", "background": "#58b8ae", "selectionBackground": "#d25bd9" } ], // Add custom color schemes to this array "schemes": [], // Add any keybinding overrides to this array. // To unbind a default keybinding, set the command to "unbound" "keybindings": [] } ```
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:36:56 +00:00
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@tjquinn1 commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2020):

I see the error. I accidentally over wrote the guid of powershell. I reverted back using the defaults and everything works as intended. My apologies for being a fool.

@tjquinn1 commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2020): I see the error. I accidentally over wrote the guid of powershell. I reverted back using the defaults and everything works as intended. My apologies for being a fool.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:36:56 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2020):

@tjquinn1 thanks for following up!

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2020): @tjquinn1 thanks for following up!
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