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Figure 2-15. Installing ConEmu, a third-party program that supports colored text
By default, ConEmu will use the
cmd.exe
shell, but you are not limited to this choice. Click
on the
New console dialog
dropdown to choose from other shells, such as PowerShell, as
shown in
Figure 2-16
.
To change the default shell, change the ConEmu settings (see
Figure 2-17
):
1. Click on the icon in the upper-left corner to display the application menu.
2. Choose
Settings
to display the Settings dialog.
3. In the settings dialog, choose
Startup
from the tree.
4. Choose your desired default shell from the pulldown under
Specified named task
.
5. Click on the
Save settings
button to make the setting your default.
