button to select your starting directory or enter the WSL path as: //wsl.localhost/DISTRO NAME/home/USERNAME. If you are using the Windows Terminal Settings UI, rather than the settings.json file, to declare this path, you can use the Browse. This is the directory the shell starts in when it is loaded.Įxample: Start the PowerShell profile in the GitHubRepos folder of your Documents directory by finding the powershell.exe profile and adding "startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/GitHubRepos",Įxample with WSL: When setting the starting directory for a Linux distribution installed via WSL, use the format: "startingDirectory": "\\\\wsl$\\DISTRO NAME\\home\\USERNAME", replacing with the placeholders with the proper names of your distribution.
This is the executable used in the profile.Īccepts: Executable file name as a stringĭefault value: "cmd.exe" Starting directory This "title" behavior can be overridden by using tabTitle. Some shells (like bash) may choose to ignore this initial value, while others ( Command Prompt, PowerShell) may use this value over the lifetime of the application. This value is also used as the "title" to pass to the shell on startup. This is the name of the profile that will be displayed in the dropdown menu.
If you'd like a setting to apply to all of your profiles, you can add it to the defaults section above the list of profiles in your settings.json file. The settings listed below are specific to each unique profile.
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