You can't execute oh-my-posh when using the Powershell module as the binary is bootstrapped automatically by the module itself and isn't exposed. Why do you want/need to run the oh-my-posh command?

The documentation page suggests I can use it?

https://ohmyposh.dev/docs/installation
https://ohmyposh.dev/docs/configure

and this is literally the line that the installation guide tells me to use:

Invoke-Expression (oh-my-posh --init --shell pwsh --config "$(scoop prefix oh-my-posh)/themes/jandedobbeleer.omp.json")

which includes both oh-my-posh and scoop that isn't available. I know I can install scoop separately.

I see. It should select module in that part rather than windows. I'll fix it. When using the module what you added in the $PROFILE is correct and you shouldn't do anything else anymore.

OK, I was just guided to those pages because when I upgraded V2 it installed V3 alongside and thus warned me about it, and told me to go to those documentation pages for upgrade information.

Since that Invoke-Expression contained the argument "--init" I was trying to figure out if there was some kind of first-time initialization that I needed to perform.

But it works now that I've cleaned up the profile.

@lassevk thanks for bringing this to my attention, I'll adjust the docs to reflect the right state.

Had a look at the docs, can't fix this as the confusion is with Windows vs Powershell. The only solution is removing the module which I don't want to do :-)

Sorry, @JanDeDobbeleer, but IMHO you should not close this issue.
By no means I am depreciating your work or effort.
Nevertheless, the documentation at configuration section is incorrect. The section "configuration" makes no sense at all.
The second paragraph describes the configuration process...

To set this configuration in combination with a Oh my Posh executable, use the --config flag to set a path to a json file containing the above code. The --shell universal flag is used to print the prompt without escape characters to see the prompt as it would be shown inside a prompt function for your shell.

Then if follows with a command sample like

oh-my-posh --config sample.json --shell universal

Sorry, but it's better to reach out a problem/issue and see that there is no solution at this moment than see it closed without solution, leading the user to disregard the thread (since one experience a problem, and the search leads it to something therotically solved).

@themrhead check the new docs.

Hi @JanDeDobbeleer what should I do with the code you posted at

#335 (comment)

Set-PSReadLineOption -EditMode Vi
Set-PSReadlineOption -ViModeIndicator Script -ViModeChangeHandler {
    Param($mode)
    $Env:SHELL_VI_MODE = $mode
    # go back to the beginning of the line
    Write-Host -NoNewLine "`e[1000D"
    # rewrite the prompt manually
    write-Host -NoNewLine (oh-my-posh --shell pwsh --config ~/.jandedobbeleer.omp.json)
}

Thanks in advance!

@roachsinai add it to your $profile so that it works automatically (reload your shell or profile afterwards).

@roachsinai add it to your $profile so that it works automatically (reload your shell or profile afterwards).

I've add

Set-PSReadLineOption -EditMode Vi
Set-PSReadlineOption -ViModeIndicator Script -ViModeChangeHandler {
    Param($mode)
    $Env:SHELL_VI_MODE = $mode
    # go back to the beginning of the line
    Write-Host -NoNewLine "`e[1000D"
    # rewrite the prompt manually
    write-Host -NoNewLine (oh-my-posh --shell pwsh --config ~/.jandedobbeleer.omp.json)
}

in my $profile and reload shell and press Esc get error.

Could you tell me add what in my $profile then? Thanks @JanDeDobbeleer

What error do you get @roachsinai ?

@JanDeDobbeleer

Chinese in above picture means:

oh-my-posh: The term 'oh-my-posh' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

New release give me the oh-my-posh.exe.

add the following lines above your oh-my-posh command in $PROFILE:

Import-Module oh-my-posh

I guess problem with documentation is that you should either chose winget way or powershell way.
I tried first winget and writing "oh-my-posh init pwsh | Invoke-Expression" to my profile file did not work.
Then I tried with power shell with following containing in my profile file. Now it works...

Import-Module oh-my-posh
oh-my-posh init pwsh | Invoke-Expression

@mehmetilker that is mentioned in the docs though.

@JanDeDobbeleer but i did not install with "Install-Module oh-my-posh"
I though using winget would be enough:

It is enough. You can't use import-module when you did not install using Import-Module as there's no module. Did you restart your terminal?

Hi i use import module and i add nvim but i get same error but i use the all imports and modules what should I do

@loop-eren I'm a bit confused by your question, we recently deprecated the module which seems to be what you're experiencing. Following all steps on the migration page will install oh-my-posh correctly and get you going again.

I have solved this issue "oh-my-posh is not recognized" by doing these steps.

open PowerShell as admin not from Terminal.

and then type this command

Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser -Force

Here's also, My profile configuration

# Prompt 
Import-Module posh-git
Import-Module oh-my-posh
Set-PoshPrompt Paradox

I hope it will work with you as it works with me.

@abdulmalikalomayri the module is deprecated so that's not an option.

Hi. I've had the same issue during this week. I did the migration from the module to the winget version. It worked fine initially but I started seeing that error message after a few days (oh-my-posh not found).

Then I ran this command:
winget upgrade oh-my-posh
and after restarting Windows Terminal, it was working fine again (Windows Terminal needs to be restarted (won't work by just opening a new tab).

Edit: It seems to be happening with every new available version, a manual upgrade is necessary every time.

I also agree this issue shouldn't be closed, as it's something still active, and unrelated to the module version.

I also installed oh-my-posh via winget. If I start up Windows Terminal Preview normally, it works perfectly fine. But if I start up Windows Terminal Preview via the context menu "Open in Terminal Preview", I get the same error:

oh-my-posh : The term 'oh-my-posh' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program.

Any idea how to fix that?

@marcelherd have you tried this?
https://ohmyposh.dev/docs/installation/prompt

if something went wrong during install, sometimes it can help to link to the full path in $PROFILE like so:
"$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\oh-my-posh\bin\oh-my-posh.exe"

@marcelherd that would imply the preview doesn't load the PATH entries (which it should). You can indeed map this manually using the path @MrPickles2009 provided:

$env:PATH = $env:PATH + ";$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\oh-my-posh\bin\oh-my-posh.exe"

Thanks for the suggestions. Turns out, it did load the PATH and oh-my-posh was in the PATH, but when I open Window Terminal Preview via the context menu, it didn't reload the PATH (but it did when I started Windows Terminal Preview normally). Not sure how that works in the background, but restarting my PC fixed the problem.

After I installed I had this error so I gave my machine a restart. It now works so I guess that was enough to reset the profile. Hopefully will save someone else some time if they're looking.

@danielcoop restarting Windows Terminal should be sufficient as the PATH is only loaded on start.

Import-Module oh-my-posh

I was having the same error of most, getting an error of oh my posh is not a cmdlet recognized and the solution was just simply restart the terminal.

@Nessvah about the module, that's a reason old version. Have a look here.

@Nessvah about the module, that's a reason old version. Have a look here.

Thanks. I already have done that 😁 everything is working fine . Thank you!

May be a bug with Windows Terminal, but if I start it with the icon, oh-my-posh works fine.

If I start it using the wt.exe, it fails with oh-my-posh.exe not recognised unless I start as an administator. For some reason, oh-my-posh is not added to the path when WT is launched with the wt command.

Terminal Preview v 1.15, latest oh-my-posh

@wigster did you restart WT/computer? As the PATH is only loaded on start, so if an instance is already active it won't reload.

@wigster did you restart WT/computer? As the PATH is only loaded on start, so if an instance is already active it won't reload.

Aha. I didn't realised that wt keeps on running. Yes -- a reboot has fixed this. Thanks!

It is enough. You can't use import-module when you did not install using Import-Module as there's no module. Did you restart your terminal?

If you followed the Microsoft docs correctly, this should solve the issue.

I am having a similar issue where it works from all the terminals and Powershell when I open them direct, but in VSCode, it says oh-my-posh: The term 'oh-my-posh' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

@sadranyi somehow code doesn't load your PATH. No idea why that's the case, but we can't solve that as it's application/system specific.

@JanDeDobbeleer fixed it, thanks, had to manually add it to my system path and restarted the machine and it works now.

I was following the steps in the microsoft documentation for terminal here. The first time I ran the command winget install oh-my-posh, it ran successfully without any issue.

After setting up the profile, I was constantly getting an error saying the oh-my-posh command does not exist. So tried installing again with the above command. This time it gave me two options and said I need to refine my command/instruction.

So I ran the following command since JanDeDobbeleer seems trustworthy: winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh

This was one of the options. The other option had a short string of random characters next to it. Now it is working.

Innded, just type winget show oh-my-posh and you get two different apps:

Nom        ID                      Source
------------------------------------------
oh-my-posh XP8K0HKJFRXGCK          msstore
Oh My Posh JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh winget

Not sure where does the first app come from, but it's not working properly. Also, @JanDeDobbeleer clearly stipulates to use the winget source of its app during the installation, please follow its instructions
winget install oh-my-posh -s winget otherwise go for a winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh.

@sbwiecko the first one is the store version which is the same installer as winget (but can be out of sync). Winget is always the most up-to-date other that the GitHub releases.

I have the same problem, I can use the theme configured in the windows terminal but inside the VSCode it gives the same error. Did anyone find the solution?

This is my profile file:

@adrfelipe you need to check if vscode loaded the path. See here for reference.

What should I do next? Sir. How will I go to the $profile?

Why these messages are still showing?

@mehmetilker because you didn't uninstall the module and remove the Import-Module oh-my-posh statement from your $PROFILE. This is all stated in the guide if you follow it step by step.

Hello, found the fix on this one. I think company laptops should have a separate installation guide due to its administrative rights / policies.

For installation you have to install it via admin rights powershell - Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://ohmyposh.dev/install.ps1')) and not via Windows Store as it only installs on the CurrentUser privilege.

Then install the fonts - oh-my-posh font install if didn't work, install Meslo LGM NF manually, install all ttf files for all users.

From there you can use oh-my-posh with vscode terminal smoothly.

For the Loading personal and system profile took 3325ms. I just put .exe -nologo on terminal profile -> json file.

I wish this help on future reference, it is now working smoothly on my Company Laptop same with my Personal Laptop. Thanks for this project @JanDeDobbeleer finally the feel of Linux Powerline is now on Windows.

@joshuadabejero depends on the company policies, a lot of users do not have the rights to run as admin. Same goes for font installation, that needs to be run as admin, or indeed as you state, install for all users.

ok, so i might need some assistant. I have two desktop working fine, but this one is giving me some trouble.

Everything is installed as the guide using winget and there was no previous instalation.

My $PROFILE includes these lines:

$PoshThemePath = "$home\OneDrive \Documentos\PowerShell"
oh-my-posh prompt init pwsh --config "$PoshThemePath\mushroom.omp.json" | Invoke-Expression

But when it's loading it gives the next error. If I just run oh-my-posh, it works fine, so it "knows" the path.

Any idea of what I am doing wrong ?

@mmanueljoao yes, PowerShell isn't UTF8 by default so it fails to correctly provide the path due to the "special" character. You can set your shell temporarily to UTF8 so oh-my-posh initializes correctly. Read the following FAQ item

I have solved this issue by adding "C:\Users\win_n\AppData\Local\Programs\oh-my-posh\bin" to my system Path

@newborne the installer should do that for you. Sometimes a reboot is required for it to persist (and for sure a shell reload).

I had the same problems. Sometimes my Path-Variables get messed up by another installation (I guess some config on my end is wrong, but haven't figured out what exactly).

Most of the time, it "only" deletes winget but sometimes also oh-my-posh.
Therefore, here as reference, if you have the same problem:

• Winget Path Variable: %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
• oh-my-posh Path Variable: %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Programs\oh-my-posh\bin

Happened to me after adding android envs (to use Quasar android):

setx ANDROID_HOME "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk"
setx ANDROID_SDK_ROOT "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk"
setx path "%path%;%ANDROID_SDK_ROOT%\tools;%ANDROID_SDK_ROOT%\platform-tools"

Updating fixed it for me:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://ohmyposh.dev/install.ps1'))

@TranManhCuongQN you're still using the module, that's been deprecated for ages now.