How to change the integrated terminal in visual studio code or VSCode

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I want to change integrated terminal to  CMDER i use Vscode on windows 8 1  i checked the doc and also preference file but i got confuse  so from following lines which line will change it      External Terminal     Customizes which terminal to run on Windows   terminal external windowsExec     COMSPEC        Customizes which terminal application to run on OS X   terminal external osxExec    Terminal app       Customizes which terminal to run on Linux   terminal external linuxExec    xterm        Integrated Terminal     The path of the shell that the terminal uses on Linux   terminal integrated shell linux    sh       The command line arguments to use when on the Linux terminal   terminal integrated shellArgs linux           The path of the shell that the terminal uses on OS X   terminal integrated shell osx    sh       The command line arguments to use when on the OS X terminal   terminal integrated shellArgs osx           The path of the shell that the terminal uses on Windows  When using shells shipped with Windows  cmd  PowerShell or Bash on Ubuntu   prefer C  Windows sysnative over C  Windows System32 to use the 64-bit versions   terminal integrated shell windows    C   Windows  system32  cmd exe       The command line arguments to use when on the Windows terminal   terminal integrated shellArgs windows           Controls the font family of the terminal  this defaults to editor fontFamily s value   terminal integrated fontFamily           Controls whether font ligatures are enabled in the terminal   terminal integrated fontLigatures   false      Controls the font size in pixels of the terminal  this defaults to editor fontSize s value   terminal integrated fontSize   0      Controls the line height of the terminal  this number is multipled by the terminal font size to get the actual line-height in pixels   terminal integrated lineHeight   1 2      Controls whether the terminal cursor blinks   terminal integrated cursorBlinking   false      Controls whether locale variables are set at startup of the terminal  this defaults to true on OS X  false on other platforms   terminal integrated setLocaleVariables   false      A set of command IDs whose keybindings will not be sent to the shell and instead always be handled by Code  This allows the use of keybindings that would normally be consumed by the shell to act the same as when the terminal is not focused  for example ctrl p to launch Quick Open   terminal integrated commandsToSkipShell          editor action toggleTabFocusMode        workbench action debug continue        workbench action debug restart        workbench action debug run        workbench action debug start        workbench action debug stop        workbench action quickOpen        workbench action showCommands        workbench action terminal clear        workbench action terminal copySelection        workbench action terminal focus        workbench action terminal focusNext        workbench action terminal focusPrevious        workbench action terminal kill        workbench action terminal new        workbench action terminal paste        workbench action terminal runSelectedText        workbench action terminal scrollDown        workbench action terminal scrollDownPage        workbench action terminal scrollToBottom        workbench action terminal scrollToTop        workbench action terminal scrollUp        workbench action terminal scrollUpPage        workbench action terminal toggleTerminal

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For OP s terminal Cmder there is an integration guide  also hinted in the VS Code docs   If you want to use VS Code tasks and encounter problems after switch to Cmder  there is an update to  khernand s answer   Copy this into your settings json file    terminal integrated shell windows    cmd exe     terminal integrated env windows        CMDER ROOT     cmder root      replace  cmder root  with your cmder path     terminal integrated shellArgs windows         k       CMDER ROOT   vendor  bin  vscode init cmd      lt -- this is the relevant change      OLD    CMDER ROOT   vendor  init bat       The invoked file will open Cmder as integrated terminal and switch to cmd for tasks - have a look at the source here  So you can omit configuring a separate terminal in tasks json to make tasks work    Starting with VS Code 1 38  there is also  terminal integrated automationShell windows  setting  which lets you set your terminal for tasks globally and avoids issues with Cmder    terminal integrated automationShell windows    cmd exe

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I know is late but you can quickly accomplish that by just typing Ctrl   Shift   p and then type default  it will show an option that says      Terminal  Select Default Shell     it will then display all the terminals available to you

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If you want to change the external terminal to the new windows terminal  here s how

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It is possible to get this working in VS Code and have the Cmder terminal be integrated  not pop up     To do so    Create an environment variable  CMDER ROOT  pointing to your Cmder directory  In  Preferences   User Settings  in VS Code add the following settings     terminal integrated shell windows    cmd exe    terminal integrated shellArgs windows      k     CMDER ROOT   vendor  init bat

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Probably it is too late but the below thing worked for me    Open Settings --  this will open settings json type terminal integrated windows shell  Click on    at the top right corner -- this will open an editor where this setting can be over ridden  Set the value as terminal integrated windows shell  C   Users   lt user name gt   Softwares  Git  bin  bash exe  Click Ctrl   S   Try to open new terminal  It should open in bash editor in integrated mode

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From Official Docs     Correctly configuring your shell on Windows is a matter of locating   the right executable and updating the setting  Below is a list of   common shell executables and their default locations       There is also the convenience command Select Default Shell that can be   accessed through the command palette which can detect and set this for   you    So you can open a command palette using ctrl shift p  use the command Select Default Shell  then it displays all the available command line interfaces  select whatever you want  VS code sets that as default integrated terminal for you automatically   If you want to set it manually find the location of executable of your cli and open user settings of vscode ctrl    then set    terminal integrated shell windows   path to executable exe    Example for gitbash on windows7    terminal integrated shell windows   C   Users  stldev03  AppData  Local  Programs  Git  bin  bash exe

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I was successful via settings   Terminal   Integrated   Shell  Linux   from there I edited the path of the shell to be  bin zsh from the default  bin bash   there are also options for OSX and Windows as well       charlieParker - here s what i m seeing for available commands in the command pallette

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To change the integrated terminal on Windows  you just need to change the terminal integrated shell windows line    Open VS User Settings  Preferences   User Settings   This will open two side-by-side documents  Add a new  terminal integrated shell windows    C   Bin  Cmder  Cmder exe  setting to the User Settings document on the right if it s not already there  This is so you aren t editing the Default Setting directly  but instead adding to it  Save the User Settings file    You can then access it with keys Ctrl backtick by default

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