Powertoys: [PowerToys Run] Configurable shell executable for > commands

[alekseyl1992]

PowerToys Run is a convinient tool.
But it would be even better, if it would be possible to configure which program executes > commands.
Right now > ping github.com starts in a cmd window, but I, for example, would prefer to use Terminal.
Is it possible?

[cperez87]

Since PowerToys heavily relies on the original Wox plugins, it should be possible. The original Wox shell settings are located at "%APPDATA%WoxSettingsPluginsWox.Plugin.ShellSettings.json".

Settings for PowerToys are located in:
"%localappdata%MicrosoftPowerToysPowerToys RunSettingsPluginsMicrosoft.Plugin.ShellSettings.json"
I can change Shell to the following to open with Powershell in my machine

{
  "Count": {},
  "Shell": 1,
  "ReplaceWinR": false,
  "LeaveShellOpen": true,
  "RunAsAdministrator": true
}

You might need to restart PowerToys for the changes to be applied.

They might be limiting configuration (via UI) for the same reason they are limiting the use of thirdparty plugins for now. To have a base for bugs.
Im confident we will see the expansion of this in the future. I love Wox, so lets hope PowerToys surpasses it.

[Szandor72]

Editing the settings to get Powershell as default command target worked perfectly.

Only grievance: powershell despite "leaveShellOpen": false stays open with a press enter to continue before it really closes;

adding > ping github.com; exit mitigates this for now