[BUG] PowerShell and Command Prompt tabs behave incorrectly

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Hello,

When I open PowerShell and hit the new tab button, the new PowerShell tab opens in a new window (not grouped) and doesn't have any of my settings. I believe that Groupy is detecting that it is a different application and so it isn't grouping it by default.

 

To reproduce:

- Open powershell and change your settings (font or colors for example)

- Hit the new tab button and notice that none of your settings are in the new tab

 

If I open more new tabs off of the new powershell tab, they are grouped correctly and keep their settings.

 

I am using Groupy v1.16.

 

Thanks,

Chris

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

 

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top


Hello,

When I open PowerShell and hit the new tab button, the new PowerShell tab opens in a new window (not grouped) and doesn't have any of my settings. I believe that Groupy is detecting that it is a different application and so it isn't grouping it by default. 

To reproduce:

- Open powershell and change your settings (font or colors for example)
- Hit the new tab button and notice that none of your settings are in the new tab 

If I open more new tabs off of the new powershell tab, they are grouped correctly and keep their settings. 

I am using Groupy v1.16. 

Thanks,
Chris
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Is your initial opening of PS 'as Admin'?

While I can reproduce the settings thing (color in this case):

http://sd.stardock.com/Support/uploads/2018-06-01_13-58-16.mp4

That seems to be an issue with PS not paying attention to my defaults for a window opened as admin initially.  As you can see in the video, however, + sign adds to not open subsequent PS Windows as admin (and perhaps should - Ill inquire).  Non-admin works as expected for alt settings:

http://sd.stardock.com/Support/uploads/2018-06-01_14-06-26.mp4

That said, and as you can see, no PS window was apart from the group, regardless of setting, as you had detailed.  Perhaps a purge and reinstall is in order:

https://forums.stardock.com/488142/groupy-support-faq#reinstalling

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

It looks like the issue with the window not opening in the same tab group only happens if I don't move or resize the window before trying to open a new tab.

The issue with the colors still happens though. I am not opening my powershell as admin. One thing I do notice is that subsequent instances of powershell are starting with a different working directory (C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0).

https://i.imgur.com/ZimOd4x.gifv

 

Thanks,

Chris

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Odd... But, even after trying to use your (non-default) settings shown in the image, I could not reproduce your issue.  Did you have time to attempt this:

https://forums.stardock.com/488142/groupy-support-faq#reinstalling