Windows Terminal is unable to start in windows 11

[MahmoudKanbar]

Windows Terminal version

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Windows build number

22621.525

Other Software

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Steps to reproduce

It's just the terminal won't load at all, I tried everything form resetting to reinstalling the application throw the store but nothing works at all.
I tried to see the terminal version in the cmd but nothing happens.
Note my OS is Windows 11 Pro N

Expected Behavior

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Actual Behavior

It's just the terminal won't load at all, I tried everything form resetting to reinstalling the application throw the store but nothing works at all.
I tried to see the terminal version in the cmd but nothing happens.
Note my OS is Windows 11 Pro N

[DarrenClevenger]

I have the same issue on Windows 11. Terminal will not start. I have repaired, reset, uninstalled, reinstalled and even did a Windows repair. I get this for both the stable version and the preview version.

I find this in the Event Viewer after each attempt to start it:

Faulting application name: WindowsTerminal.exe, version: 1.16.2209.21002, time stamp: 0x632b96b9
Faulting module name: Windows.UI.Xaml.dll, version: 10.0.22000.978, time stamp: 0x82655b66
Exception code: 0xc000027b
Fault offset: 0x00000000004a3e02
Faulting process id: 0x46e8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d8d5967861fefb
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_1.16.2642.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsTerminal.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
Report Id: 04b9d3d7-3fcb-47c6-98da-2b88b39f89b3
Faulting package full name: Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_1.16.2642.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Faulting package-relative application ID: App

[developeer]

I have experienced the same issues as DarrenClevenger with the same results. Difference is I am running in a VM in hyperv. This occurred after the 22H2 update on Windows 11.

[felipec84]

I have the same problems since 1.15, I need to downgrade to 1.14 in order to keep using WindowsTerminal, but since windows 11 always update the program when I reboot I need to downgrade very often.

The logged event is (in Spanish since that is my Windows language, somebody knows if I can get the log event in English, from another windows version):

Nombre de la aplicación con errores: WindowsTerminal.exe, versión: 1.15.2209.28003, marca de tiempo: 0x6334cd9b
Nombre del módulo con errores: Windows.UI.Xaml.dll, versión: 10.0.22000.978, marca de tiempo: 0x82655b66
Código de excepción: 0xc000027b
Desplazamiento de errores: 0x00000000004a3e02
Identificador del proceso con errores: 0x3294
Hora de inicio de la aplicación con errores: 0x01d8d71c66870e91
Ruta de acceso de la aplicación con errores: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.15.2713.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsTerminal.exe
Ruta de acceso del módulo con errores: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
Identificador del informe: 12e9ba8b-e598-4ab6-987d-82fb8f83004b
Nombre completo del paquete con errores: Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.15.2713.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Identificador de aplicación relativa del paquete con errores: App

PD: To downgrade WindowsTerminal I donwloaded it from github releases https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases, donwload the version 1.14. Then I uninstall WindowsTerminal (using winget) and install it with Add-AppxPackage from PowerShell

winget uninstall Microsoft.WindowsTerminal
Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_Win11_1.14.2282.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

[zadjii-msft]

Can you submit feedback via the feedback hub? Make sure to start a recording then try to launch the Terminal. That should get us a stack trace for whatever the root cause is here.

As an aside, are you running the N SKU of Windows by any chance?

Thanks!

/feedback

[ghost]

Hi there!

Can you please send us feedback with the Feedback Hub with this issue? Make sure to click the "Start recording" button, then reproduce the issue before submitting the feedback. Once it's submitted, paste the link here so we can more easily find your crash information on the back end?

Thanks!

[relcodedev]

I am using Windows Pro N edition. I summitted a feedback through eventhub.
Edition Windows 11 Pro N
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎9/‎22/‎2022
OS build 22621.521
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22634.1000.0

[relcodedev]

from #14104 - Install the Media feature Pack could fix but it fails to install on Windows Pro N for me.
I uninstalled Windows Terminal first and then Reinstalled completed after reboot. I then installed Windows Terminal and it starts up. Thank you!!

[felipec84]

Thanks, installing Media feature Pack fixed it for me:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/media-feature-pack-list-for-windows-n-editions-c1c6fffa-d052-8338-7a79-a4bb980a700a

Thanks @relcodedev

[DarrenClevenger]

Installing the media feature pack fixed the issue for me. Thanks.

[DHowett]

Thanks for all the reports. I'm going to publish a hotfix for this!
We're going to track this issue in /dup #14104.

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!