Visual Studio Code Default Terminal

When using Visual Studio Code with Windows the easiest terminal to work with for this class is the CMD terminal instead of Powershell or Git Bash. You can set this terminal as the default with the following steps:

Open Visual Studio Code
Using the Visual Studio Code menu, select Terminal->New Terminal
Locate the terminal type on the right had side of the terminal panel (within the red circle).
Click the downward arrow near the + sign and click Select Default Profile from the menu that pops up.
At the top of the screen a menu will appear showing the list of default terminals that can be shown.
Select the option in the list that says Command Prompt
In the terminal panel you can click the trash can logo to close the current terminal
Next time you open a terminal panel it will be of the type Command Prompt