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July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

Windows Subsystem for Linux instance has terminated

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Short post on how to recovery from “The Windows Subsystem for Linux instance has terminated” with exit code 4294967295 (0xffffffff) which I have had a number of times recently. Usually after taking my notebook on the road without closing sessions then returning and connecting back to my dock.… keep reading

May 15, 2019June 30, 2021

Windows Terminal with Tabs, on Steroids

PowerShell Cmdline Emojis Windows 10 Tabbed Terminal

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Update: 22 June 2019 Windows Terminal Preview is now available in the Microsoft Store.

At Microsoft Build last week, one of the many announcements was a new Windows Terminal.

If you spend anytime as an IT Support Person/ DevOps type role and you checkout that second link above you’ll be mightily keen for this new Terminal.… keep reading

April 10, 2019April 9, 2019

VSCode Virtual Environments using your Browser

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It’s no secret I’m a huge fan of virtual environments and PowerShell. Late last year I wrote this series on Nested Virtual PowerShell Desktop Environments on Windows 10 & Windows Server 2019 in Azure A lot of the back story for that three post series was to have virtual environments for PowerShell.… keep reading