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Though I've been enjoying WT, there are some limitations that have bit me: 1) As a 'Store' app, it can be a pain to install in locked-down corpo networks that

Though I've been enjoying WT, there are some limitations that have bit me: 1) As a 'Store' app, it can be a pain to install in locked-down corpo networks that block Windows Store. Winget can be a workaround, or you can extract the exe from packages, but an installer would be nice. 2) Since it's a UWP app, there's no way to launch it as another user-identity (i.e. runas)

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zamadatix 4y ago
The GitHub releases section has the msix installer package too. Terminal itself can't be runas but e.g. cmd.exe or pwsh.exe inside of it can be.
- briHass 4y ago
  How do you get that to work? I've tried changing the settings to open new terminal windows using a different identity (runas), but they are then separate from the terminal app. I basically would just like to be able to dock that new window in the existing terminal tabs, as otherwise, I might as well just launch a PoSH prompt.
  - zamadatix 4y ago
    You can launch into any security context but merging multiple contexts under a single window is not supported. It has to do with Windows lacking session elevation for pipes but supporting it for window handles https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/Niksa.md#elevation https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/Niksa.md... If you want to get real hacky in the meantime you can run the ssh server service and have a short alias to ssh to localhost as a user but now you have that extra abstraction between to deal with.
Schopenhauer01 4y ago
Choco is IMO the best way to install apps on windows right now. `choco install microsoft-windows-terminal`
jborean93 4y ago
> Since it's a UWP app, there's no way to launch it as another user-identity (i.e. runas) This is possible, the only issue is that the app needs to also be installed on the other user’s profile. Once installed for the user you can use runas.exe to start wt.exe as another user. I believe the UX from the right menu needs improvement but it is possible.
test1235 4y ago
Installer here at bottom: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.12.10982.0 https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.12.109...

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zamadatix 4y ago

The GitHub releases section has the msix installer package too. Terminal itself can't be runas but e.g. cmd.exe or pwsh.exe inside of it can be.

briHass 4y ago
How do you get that to work? I've tried changing the settings to open new terminal windows using a different identity (runas), but they are then separate from the terminal app. I basically would just like to be able to dock that new window in the existing terminal tabs, as otherwise, I might as well just launch a PoSH prompt.
- zamadatix 4y ago
  You can launch into any security context but merging multiple contexts under a single window is not supported. It has to do with Windows lacking session elevation for pipes but supporting it for window handles https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/Niksa.md#elevation https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/Niksa.md... If you want to get real hacky in the meantime you can run the ssh server service and have a short alias to ssh to localhost as a user but now you have that extra abstraction between to deal with.

Schopenhauer01 4y ago

Choco is IMO the best way to install apps on windows right now. `choco install microsoft-windows-terminal`

jborean93 4y ago

> Since it's a UWP app, there's no way to launch it as another user-identity (i.e. runas) This is possible, the only issue is that the app needs to also be installed on the other user’s profile. Once installed for the user you can use runas.exe to start wt.exe as another user. I believe the UX from the right menu needs improvement but it is possible.

test1235 4y ago

Installer here at bottom: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.12.10982.0 https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.12.109...