Add Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio to Windows Terminal?

Question

How do I add the Visual Studio Developer's Command Prompt to the list of Windows Terminal consoles?

Answer 1

The answer from Wallace Kelly is great, but the settings below may be a useful copy/paste for others who want Visual Studio icons, both x86 and x64 and a less DOS-like font.

As with Wallace's answer, adjust "2019" and "Professional", e.g. for 2017/Community, as needed.

{
  "guid": "{9a3a9308-d6f8-4b1d-896c-a27c59c28be3}",
  "name": "VS2019 x86",
  "commandline": "cmd.exe /k cd c:/dev/mc-hardware-svc/out/vs-x86-Debug && \"C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Professional/VC/Auxiliary/Build/vcvars32.bat\"",
  "fontFace": "Consolas",
  "fontSize": 10,
  "icon" : "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Professional/Common7/IDE/Assets/VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png",
  "hidden": false
},
{
  "guid": "{ceec68f2-0ef7-48f0-84db-4693612532cd}",
  "name": "VS2019 x64",
  "commandline": "cmd.exe /k \"C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Professional/VC/Auxiliary/Build/vcvars64.bat\"",
  "icon" : "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Professional/Common7/IDE/Assets/VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png",
  "hidden": false
},

Answer 2

For VS 2022 Community:

{
  "name": "Developer PowerShell for VS 2022",
  "commandline": "powershell.exe -noe -c \"&{$vsPath = &(Join-Path ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} '\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Installer\\vswhere.exe') -property installationpath; Import-Module (Join-Path $vsPath 'Common7\\Tools\\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.dll'); Enter-VsDevShell -VsInstallPath $vsPath -SkipAutomaticLocation}\"",
  "icon": "%ProgramFiles%\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community\\Common7\\IDE\\Assets\\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png"
},
{
  "name": "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022",
  "commandline": "%comspec%  /k \"%ProgramFiles%\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community\\Common7\\Tools\\VsDevCmd.bat\"",
  "icon": "%ProgramFiles%\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community\\Common7\\IDE\\Assets\\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png"
}

Answer 3

VisualStudio developer prompts are now in Windows Terminal stable (1.12)! https://twitter.com/mrhestew/status/1489322750330085380

winget upgrade -e Microsoft.WindowsTerminal