Install Windows Terminal on Windows 10
First, you need to have the following requirements met to get the new Windows Terminal installed properly:
You need to have at least Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio 2019 installed with 1903 SDK and the following packages:Desktop Development with C++Universal Windows Platform Development.v141 Toolset and Visual C++ ATL for x86 and x64. (Visual Studio 2019 only).Developer Mode enabled on Windows 10.Your computer must be running Windows 10 v1903 (Build 10.0.18362.0 or newer).
All the components mentioned above can be selected while installing Visusl Studio. You need to download the latest build of Terminal from the official GitHub repository. Then you need to extract the ZIP archive to a safe location.
Run Visual Studio and open the extracted folder inside of the Visual Studio IDE. Select the solution file from the tree structure on the right side. Finally, select the Build button to load and run the Microsoft Terminal locally. You can also select the architecture from x86, x64, and ARM from the drop-down selection too. Make sure that the release type is selected to as Release. Read: Windows Terminal Tips and Tricks.
Who is this release for?
This is an initial release, version 1.0. Microsoft is aiming to roll it out publically sometime later this year and is expected to help developers do more. The GA release will be available on the Microsoft Store. Microsoft says, If you follow the steps mentioned above, specifically, you will be able to use it without any issues. TIP: This post shows how you can reset Windows Terminal settings to default.
