Vscode: Setting terminal to Cmder doesn't work

[LuxDie]

• VSCode Version: 1.1.1
• OS Version: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install Cmder
2. Change option externalTerminal.windowsExec to point to it
3. Right click in explorer view and select "Open in Command Prompt". cmd prompt shows up instead

[Tyriar]

Works for me immediately after saving for both:

externalTerminal.windowsExec": "C:\\Users\\daimms\\Downloads\\cmder\\Cmder.exe"

and

"externalTerminal.windowsExec": "C:/Users/daimms/Downloads/cmder/Cmder.exe"

Not sure why it would work for me and not you... I did find #6466 while trying to repro this though.

[Tyriar]

Closing due to inactivity plus it seems to work on my machine, please leave a comment if you're still experiencing the issue and/or have more information.

[dennisroche]

Anyone finding this issue, the preference has changed from externalTerminal.windowsExec to terminal.integrated.shell.windows.

e.g. "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Bin\\Cmder\\Cmder.exe"

It worked in 1.3.1, however Cmder opened in it's own window.

[Tyriar]

@dennisroche you're confusing the integrated terminal (ctrl+backtick) with the external terminal (ctrl+shift+c). The externalTerminal.windowsExec setting was changed recently to terminal.external.windowsExec to align with the integrated terminal's naming structure:

"terminal.external.windowsExec": "C:\\Bin\\Cmder\\Cmder.exe"

[dennisroche]

@Tyriar thanks for the clarification. :+1:

[sansroman]

I set "terminal.external.linuxExec": "/usr/bin/urxvt" or "terminal.external.linuxExec": "urxvt", They do not work，why？
system:archlinux
terminal:urxvt

[Tyriar]

@sansroman please create a new issue for this with more details. A link to urxvt install instructions and whether errors appear in the devtools console would be useful (Help > Toggle Developer Tools).