Did as you suggested, I removed all content in settings.json; now it fails #7882

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opened 2026-01-31 01:15:01 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @rfalanga on GitHub (May 2, 2020).

Environment 10.0.18362.0

Windows build number: [run `[Environment]::OSVersion` for powershell, or `ver` for cmd]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable):

Any other software? None

Steps to reproduce

I did as your instructions said to do:
"Or even better, make a backup of your settings file, and delete the contents entirely. We'll re-generate the file with some better formatting and more sane defaults, and you can copy the modifications you want back in."

I edited the settings.json file. I removed everything, but the opening and closing braces.

Expected behavior

I was expecting Windows Terminal to rebuild my settings.json file, once I closed and reopened Windows Terminal.

Actual behavior

After closing Windows Terminal and reopening it, I immediately got this error:

"Encountered errors while loading user settings

The 'globals' property is deprecated - your settings might need updating."

I reopened the settings.json file. There is no 'globals' property. All that's in there is this:

{

}

Kinda lost as to what it thinks is a global property when I can't see it.

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Reference: starred/terminal#7882