microsoft / microsoft/terminal
When a profile is removed by third-party software, the taskbar jump list remains.
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Description
### Windows Terminal version
1.20.10572.0
### Windows build number
10.0.19045.0
### Other Software
Visual Studio 2022 Preview
### Steps to reproduce
Uninstall Visual Studio 2022 Preview.
### Expected Behavior
The items for the profiles automatically removed when Visual Studio 2022 Preview was uninstalled no longer appear in the taskbar jump list.
### Actual Behavior
The profiles were removed from Windows Terminal itself, but the items in the taskbar jump list remain.
The items in the New-Tab drop-down after uninstalling Visual Studio 2022 Preview.

The items in the taskbar jump list after uninstalling Visual Studio 2022 Preview.

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Research direction
Reproduce the issue by uninstalling Visual Studio 2022 Preview and comparing removed profiles with the taskbar jump list. Trace the Windows Terminal code that updates jump-list entries when profiles are removed. Done means profiles removed from Terminal no longer remain in the taskbar jump list.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100