Upgrade from 1.19.10292.0 to 1.20.10293.0 created new settings.json. Old settings lost !?

[ato2]

Windows Terminal version

1.20.10293.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

winget install Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview

Expected Behavior

Config backup or preservation

Actual Behavior

Old config missing in $HOME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview*\LocalState\settings.json

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[DHowett]

The preview version of Terminal stores settings in a different place than the stable version, because they may be incompatible and refer to preview-only features. 1.19 is the current Stable version. 1.20 is the current Preview version.

You can copy the settings from the Stable version yourself. They are stored at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState.

[ato2]

My 19 version was prewiev not stable. Before upgrade: winget list Microsoft.WindowsTerminal Name Id Version Available Source ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Podgląd Terminalu Windows Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview 1.19.3172.0 1.20.10293.0 winget

IMHO Installers should always preserve user modified config files (or backup them) as it is typical on Linux package managers.

[DHowett]

That's definitely not expected. A build-to-build upgrade should always preserve your settings.

I was confused because your bug title included the 1.19 preview version number, rather than the 1.19 stable version number.

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