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Claude Code Issues / #70276

Feature request: Configurable terminal shell on Windows

Status Closed — not planned
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Activity 1 comment · opened Jun 23, 2026 · closed Aug 4, 2026

The terminal panel in Claude Code for Windows is hardcoded to launch C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe (PowerShell 5.1). There is no way to override this via settings.json or any other config — PATH manipulation does not work because the full path is hardcoded in the app bundle.

Please add a terminalShell setting (or similar) to settings.json so users can point it at pwsh.exe (PowerShell 7) or any other shell.

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