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zsc-chris opened this issue Apr 16, 2025 · 4 comments
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Windows Terminal version

1.22.10731.0

Windows build number

10.0.26100.3775

Other Software

None

Steps to reproduce

  1. Press windows key, and open "Windows terminal"

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  1. Now open Powershell.

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  1. Click + to try to add a new tab

Expected Behavior

  1. The terminal open normally with the default startup tab.
  2. After opening powershell, the terminal opens with powershell tab.
  3. After adding a tab, the terminal opens a default tab.

Actual Behavior

  1. The terminal won't open.

  2. Windows terminal open the terminal in a separate, non "window terminal" window and itself will crash if adding a tab

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  1. The terminal crashes, leaving only the powershell.

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@zsc-chris zsc-chris added Issue-Bug It either shouldn't be doing this or needs an investigation. Needs-Triage It's a new issue that the core contributor team needs to triage at the next triage meeting labels Apr 16, 2025
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DHowett commented Apr 16, 2025

Do you happen to have SyncDisk installed/?

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DHowett commented Apr 16, 2025

If so, more info here: #18752 (comment)

@zsc-chris
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Do you happen to have SyncDisk installed/?

Indeed this is the case. I uninstalled a software related to SyncDisk and the terminal work as normal. Thank you for you reply.

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Maybe this issue should be closed then, but I don't know if I should do it.

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