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Configuring the default shell for OpenSSH in Windows
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The commands for check and set default shell for OpenSSH in Windows via PowerShell.

Sets the default shell to be powershell.exe

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH" -Name DefaultShell -Value "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -PropertyType String -Force

Sets the default shell to be wsl

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH" -Name DefaultShell -Value "C:\WINDOWS\System32\bash.exe" -PropertyType String -Force

Check the default shell

Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH" -Name DefaultShell
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