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# Using SimplySerial with Windows Terminal
You can add a new profile to Windows Terminal to directly launch SimplySerial into its own tab. Unfortunately, launching ss.exe directly gives a cryptic error. The workaround is the launch using PowerShell. For example, to open COM4 at 115200 baud, you can specify the command as
[Windows Terminal](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/) is a tabbed alternative to the command shell that Microsoft has developed as an open source project. It is easy to setup SimplySerial as a new terminal profile; you just need to create a new profile in the settings GUI and specify the ss command line. If you have problems, make sure that the SimplySerial executable is in your system path.
cmd.exe /c "ss -com:4 -baud:115200"
If you're directly editing the settings.json, the profile section will look like the code below, but with your specific command-line parameters.
which will use the quick-loading cmd to setup the console, then execute SimplySerial inside it.
{
"commandline": "ss -com:4 -baud:115200",
"name": "COM4"
}
# Contributing