cheat sheet - VS Code, Wt, etc config files

A cheat sheet - VS Code, Wt, etc config file locations.md

Windows 10

App	Note	Path
VS Code	Global config	$Env:APPDATA\Code\User\Settings.json
VS Code - Insiders	Global config	$Env:APPDATA\Code - Insiders\User\Settings.json
VS Code	Extensions Dir	$env:UserProfile\.vscode\extensions
Wt Preview	see Get-WindowsTerminalProfile.ps1	$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json

Example Powershell profile locations.md

Profile in 'wt' (ie: regular)

PS> $PSVersionTable | % PSVersion | % tostring
7.1.2
PS> $profile | select *

AllUsersAllHosts       : C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\profile.ps1                                                         
AllUsersCurrentHost    : C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1                                    
CurrentUserAllHosts    : C:\Users\<username>\Documents\PowerShell\profile.ps1                                               
CurrentUserCurrentHost : C:\Users\<username>\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1                          
PSReadLineHistoryPath  : C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine\ConsoleHost_history.txt

Profile in VS Code (powershell extension)

PS> $PSVersionTable | % PSVersion | % tostring
7.1.2
PS> $profile | select *

AllUsersAllHosts       : C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\profile.ps1
AllUsersCurrentHost    : C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\Microsoft.VSCode_profile.ps1
CurrentUserAllHosts    : C:\Users\<username>\Documents\PowerShell\profile.ps1
CurrentUserCurrentHost : C:\Users\<username>\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.VSCode_profile.ps1
PSReadLineHistoryPath  : C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine\Visual Studio Code Host_history.txt

Get-WindowsTerminalProfile.ps1

# Requires WindowsPowershell (powershell.exe),
# because AppX does not import in Powershell (pwsh.exe) (yet)
function Get-WtConfig {
    <#
    .synopsis
        Find Windows terminal (and preview) config files
    .example
        PS> Get-WtConfig
        # output:
        # C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
    .notes
        my directory: WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbwe
        matches the AppX Family name
        PackageFamilyName      : Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbwe
    #>
    $appxWt = Get-AppxPackage *windowsterminal*
    $appxWt.PackageFamilyName | %{
        $family = $_
        "$env:localappdata\Packages\$family\LocalState\settings.json"
    } | gi -ea Continue
}