Quick post, I did a quick google and found nothing immediately on this, so figured a quick post might be helpful for folks. My new install of Windows Terminal was defaulting to PowerShell 5:
And to switch to 7.0.1 (core) I had to go to the dropdown and open it each time. Such drudgery!
I want to default to core, luckily this is pretty simple:
Click on the down arrow, then settings:
A json file will open, and you will see a line near the top that has a parameter called defaultProfile with a UUID:
If you scroll down, this matches the Windows PowerShell UUID. Scroll a little more and you will see the UUID for PowerShell Core:
Copy that UUID and put it in for defaultProfile:
Save and restart terminal, and voila:
As I said pretty straight forward, but might save someone a few moments.
Hi, I might be the first one commenting.
So I just want to give you a quick comment about how awesome it is that you took the time to write this.
Saved me some time 😉
Thanks!
Whoop, Whoop! That was awesome.
Just click on the arrow> settings> default profile> select powershell.
I believe this is only in the pre-release version, but yeah the settings UI is a nice option–looking forward to the full inclusion of it
there is now a direct option in Settings->Startup to set the Default Profile, so no need to edit the JSON file any more.
Thanks Cody! Nice hack!