Environment variable references in environment variables are not resolved with wt.exe

[anthonyvdotbe]

Windows Terminal version

1.16.10262.0

Windows build number

10.0.22621.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

• open PowerShell and run the following 2 commands:

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('TEST_VAR1', 'foo', 'User')
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('TEST_VAR2', '%TEST_VAR1%', 'User')

• open Windows Terminal via the start menu and run:

echo $Env:TEST_VAR2

• open Windows Terminal via wt.exe (or Open in Terminal in File Explorer, but I assume that's the same thing) and run:

echo $Env:TEST_VAR2

Expected Behavior

The result is the same: foo.

Actual Behavior

The result is different: the first time it prints foo, the second %TEST_VAR1%.

Note there are similar open (#12545) and resolved (#12602, #11777) issues.

[developerA24]

The result is different: the first time it.

[zadjii-msft]

This does sound a lot like /dup #12602. After #14999, we've made the behavior consistent with the explorer.exe launch (the "open Windows Terminal via the start menu" case) always.

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

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!