terminal: When searching for "wt.exe" in Windows Search Box, it crashes and returns an error.

Environment

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.1316]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.5.10271.0 (this is the one that appears on the Microsoft Store)

Any other software?
no

Steps to reproduce

Open the windows search box (or just use [Windows Key] + S type “wt.exe” press enter

Expected behavior

Should open the Windows Terminal

Actual behavior

As shown on the screenshot below, it returns an error and does not open the app. The last version that was installed used to work just fine doing the instructions presented above.

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Other Information

Alternatively, if you try search for “wt.exe” on the Windows Powertoys search box it works. Apparently both searches point to different *.exes. The Powertoys search box points to C:\Users\{USER_NAME}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps and the default windows search box points to C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.5.10271.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe. Also, if I just search in the Windows Default Search Box for “Windows Terminal” and press enter it works.

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Comments: 16 (9 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

@fkalbe, @trevcan I’m gonna mark this as a /duplicate of #9452 – I’ve got some instructions and a question in there, if you don’t mind. 😄