Can't use Emojis in Windows Terminal or Windows terminal preview.

[gimbling-away]

Windows Terminal version

1.11.3471.0

Windows build number

Version 10.0.19043.1348

Other Software

PSVersion 5.1.19041.1320

Steps to reproduce

Install Windows terminal
Open it
Use Windows + . to bring the emoji menu
Try to insert a crab emoji
Failure

Expected Behavior

The crab emoji should be there

Actual Behavior

First is my personal terminal, wt stable. Second is wt preview. Both aren't having emojis support.

[elsaco]

@Yush08 it might not be wt's fault. On Win 10 it works with PowerShell 7 but not with PowerShell 5.

PS7 output:

PS5 output:

[gimbling-away]

@Yush08 it might not be wt's fault. On Win 10 it works with PowerShell 7 but not with PowerShell 5.

PS7 output:

PS5 output:

I will test this out, anyway I can upgrade to Powershell 7? I've just been using the version Windows came with

[zadjii-msft]

This is either #1503 or #190, or something else related to those two. Updating PowerShell (or maybe even just PSReadline) is likely your best bet here.

/dup #190
/dup #1503

[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!