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Now we need to add the following to the file. If you receive a message saying the file doesn’t exist, you will need to create it by clicking “Yes” in the prompt. You can open your profile to be edited in Notepad by running the command below in PowerShell. This will apply your configuration and give you your customised prompt. This step tells PowerShell to load Oh My Posh when it opens. winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPoshĪfter that has completed, we now need to modify your PowerShell profile to load Oh My Posh. Installing Oh My Posh is a pretty easy one-liner when using winget! Run the following command in a PowerShell window and it should take care of the process. Now the font is set we can carry on to the next step! Install Oh My Posh

Select the “Meslo LGM Nerd Font Mono” font from the select box.

Right-click on the title bar and select the Properties menu item.

To change the font in PowerShell, you can follow these steps.

Select the “Meslo LGM Nerd Font Mono” font from the drop down.

To change the font in Windows Terminal, you can follow these steps. After the font has been downloaded, install the “Meslo LG M Regular Nerd Font Complete Mono” font.Īfter the install has completed, we need to change the default font to be “Meslo LGM Nerd Font”. Any of these should do, though the Meslo Nerd Font is recommended by Oh My Posh. Head over to the Nerd Fonts download page and download a font you like. This might be a Git, CPU, or other icon to make things look a bit more presentable (and give you more options in your customisation).

Many of the themes included with Oh My Posh make use of a Nerd Font to display icons in the terminal window. winget install Microsoft.Terminal Install a Nerd Font If you’d like you can install this by using the following command in PowerShell. This isn’t strictly required, since Oh My Posh will work just fine with PowerShell, but I’ve found it a very useful program to have installed. You can setup Oh My Posh by following the steps below, and then either use one of the provided themes or create your own! Install Windows Terminal With Oh My Posh, you can customise your prompt by editing a configuration file (known as a theme), and make your Windows Terminal or PowerShell prompt work exactly as you’d like. These details can be added to your terminal prompt by using Oh My Posh. This additional information might be the current Git branch (or other Git repository details), execution time of commands, system resource usage, or a wide range of other information. I’m a fan of Windows Terminal – it makes it easier for me to manage my terminal windows in a tabbed interface and makes it easy to access a terminal for either my Windows machine or the WSL guest in one interface.īut sometimes, it is useful to add a bit more context to your terminal window, besides just your current working directory.