microsoft / microsoft/terminal
"Open in Windows Terminal" of WT Preview disappears if WT is not installed
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Area-ShellExtension
Issue-Bug
Priority-3
Product-Terminal
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
### Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number)
Windows 10.0.21354.0
Windows Terminal Preview v1.8.1032.0
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
Uninstall Windows Terminal
### Expected Behavior
Only "Open in Windows Terminal" of WT disappears
### Actual Behavior
"Open in Windows Terminal" of both WT and WT Preview disappear
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue on Windows 10.0.21354.0 with Windows Terminal Preview v1.8.1032.0: uninstall Windows Terminal and observe the two context-menu entries. Trace how the entries for Windows Terminal and WT Preview are registered or removed; done means uninstalling one leaves the other available.
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Assessment
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100