Get Windows Terminal if you don't already have it, you can get Windows Terminal free from the Store. Get Windows Terminal and set a default Shell There's a LOT of ways to get it but I'm a Store person usually so I can get PowerShell (and it'll auto update) from the Microsoft Store or just ' winget install Microsoft.PowerShell' from the command line with winget. NET Core-powered cross-platform PowerShell. I don't mean Windows PowerShell (that's 'classic' now) I mean the. But I like it, and this post will serve as my 'setting up a new machine' post until I get around to writing a script to do all this for me in one line. I doubt that this post is perfect and I'm sure there's stuff here that is a little extra. I want to take a moment to update my pretty prompt post with a little more detail and a more complex PowerShell $PROFILE, due to some changes in Oh My Posh, PowerShell, and the Windows Terminal. Taking your PowerShell prompt to the next level with Windows Terminal and Oh my Posh 3.

What's the difference between a console, a terminal, and a shell?.

Patching the new Cascadia Code to include Powerline Glyphs and other Nerd Fonts for the Windows Terminal.

How to make a pretty prompt in Windows Terminal with Powerline, Nerd Fonts, Cascadia Code, WSL, and oh-my-posh.

I've long blogged about my love of setting up a nice terminal, getting the prompt just right, setting my colors, fonts, glyphs, and more.

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