I’ve not created a post on this blog for a long time and even now its a video post. Better late than never. In this video post I walk you through setting up CMDER with the new Windows Terminal. Together these two tools provide the perfect Linux style terminal experience in Windows 10.
I won’t repeat here the video so please check out the post in full on YouTube, all settings are included in the video comments and below.
Scott Hanselman
https://www.youtube.com/user/shanselman
Original Blog Post
https://medium.com/talpor/windows-terminal-cmder-%EF%B8%8F-573e6890d143
System Variables
CMDER_ROOT
X:\Your-Path\cmder
ConEmuDir
X:\Your-Path\cmder\vendor\conemu-maximus5
Test the variables
Win Key + R
%CMDER_ROOT%
%ConEmuDir%
Setting change for CMDER
chcp utf8
Get a GUID
Right click on the start button and select PowerShell Admin
Then run...
New-Guid
Copy out your GUID
Settings for Terminal (make sure you set a font you have installed)
{
"guid": "{YourGUID}",
"name": "Cmder",
"commandline": "cmd.exe /k %CMDER_ROOT%\\vendor\\init.bat",
"startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%",
"icon": "%CMDER_ROOT%\\icons\\cmder.ico",
"background": "#2e3436",
"padding": "15",
"fontFace": "Monaco",
"fontSize": 14
}
That’s it! Please post any questions in the comments.