How do I add application on Windows Terminal?

Question

I have installed Windows Terminal and Ubuntu App from Microsoft Store. According to the description of the app,

The Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL.

To use WSL, I need to launch Ubuntu in Windows Terminal, but I can't find the option for that.

How do I add Ubuntu in the menu?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 24 '19 at 05:08

Click on Settings.
Choose a text editor to edit that .json file.

Find profiles entry and add this after the CMD entry putting a comma (,) after } to separate the entries.

{
    "acrylicOpacity" : 0.75,
    "closeOnExit" : true,
    "colorScheme" : "Campbell",
    "commandline" : "ubuntu",
    "cursorColor" : "#FFFFFF",
    "cursorShape" : "bar",
    "fontFace" : "Consolas",
    "fontSize" : 10,
    "guid" : "{GUID of the app in double quotes}",
    "historySize" : 9001,
    "icon" : "Absolute path of icon (with double quotes)",
    "name" : "Ubuntu",
    "padding" : "0, 0, 0, 0",
    "snapOnInput" : true,
    "startingDirectory" : "%USERPROFILE%",
    "useAcrylic" : true
}

Note that the GUID must be inside { }.
Save the file. Click on drop-down menu again to check if it has been added.

Notes:

To get the GUID of an app, see this question: How do I get GUID of apps installed from Microsoft Store?
You can download the logo in png format from anywhere of x48. I've used this icon and 48x48 size.

How do I add application on Windows Terminal?

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