Open the terminal in visual studio?

Question

How to open terminal for executing shell commands in Visual Studio(Community Version)?

Answer 1

Visual Studio 2019 update:

Now vs has built-in terminal

View > Terminal (Ctrl+")

To change default terminal

Tools > Options - Terminal > Set As Default

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Before Visual Studio 2019

From comments best answer is from @Hans Passant

1. Add an external tool.

Tools > External Tools > Add

Title: Terminal (or name it yourself)

Command=cmd.exe Or Command=powershell.exe

Arguments= /k

Initial Directory=$(ProjectDir)

2. Tools > Terminal (or whatever you put in title)

3. Enjoy!