Tweak the Powerline Remove the from the start of the Powerline Now add a colorScheme property with the name of the custom color scheme you pasted, under the profiles: defaults section. Paste the json for the custom color scheme to this array. Find the schemes property on the settings.json. I picked Cobalt2 from a list of custom schemes I found. The default Terminal color scheme ( Tango Dark) was a little too black for me. Use a custom Windows Terminal color scheme Add startingDirectory property with the absolute path to your desired folder. You already used this section to set the fontFace while setting up Powerline. Go to the defaults inside the profiles section of the settings.json. You may want it to start in your projects folder instead. Make the Terminal always start in a specific folderīy default the Terminal starts in the home directory for your profile. Replace the value of the defaultProfile with the copied guid. Once there, locate the entry for Powershell Core under profiles: lists. Click on the Settings options in the menu to open it. Instead, you need to configure it in settings.json. But, it only gets listed as an available shell in the Terminal menu and there’s no option in the UI to make it the default. Installation is straightforward of course.

You can find the latest Powershell Core on their GitHub Releases page. Install Powershell Core and make it the default shell

Here’s my guide to the last stretch of personalization. This includes installing Powershell Core, changing the terminal color scheme and perhaps tweak the Poweline theme itself.

However, for complete personalization, there are a few more steps you can take. There’s already a complete guide on getting the Poweline setup on Windows Terminal.

Windows terminal color codes