Add PowerShell 7 / pwsh as a Codex Desktop integrated terminal shell option

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 20, 2026 by mspatton Closed May 20, 2026

What variant of Codex are you using?

App, Windows Desktop

What feature would you like to see?

Please add PowerShell 7 / pwsh as an option under Settings > Integrated terminal shell on Windows.

Today, the dropdown shows options like:

  • PowerShell
  • Command Prompt
  • Git Bash
  • WSL

On Windows, the PowerShell option appears to launch Windows PowerShell 5.1 (powershell.exe) rather than modern PowerShell 7 (pwsh.exe). PowerShell 7 is commonly installed at:

C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe

It would be helpful if Codex Desktop offered either:

  • A dedicated PowerShell 7 / pwsh option, or
  • A Custom shell executable path setting where users can choose a shell such as C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe.

Additional information

Environment observed:

  • Codex Desktop for Windows
  • Codex app version: 26.513.40821
  • Installed PowerShell 7 path: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe
  • Installed PowerShell 7 version: 7.6.1
  • Windows PowerShell currently reports major version 5.1

This would make the integrated terminal match modern Windows developer environments more closely and avoid requiring profile handoff workarounds that launch pwsh from Windows PowerShell 5.1.

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