How to close Terminal app current instance and launch a new instance

[rajendrasp]

I have following scenario -
I am adding a new Terminal profile and setting it as default using a Powershell script.
This script is running in current instance of Terminal app.
When this script is completed, I want to close the current instance of Terminal and launch a new instance so that new default profile gets loaded.
How can I do it?

I tried with exit in the script - it is not closing the Terminal.
I tried with Stop-Process $PID - it is not closing Terminal even though it is killing Powershell process.

Any idea how can I do this?

[zadjii-msft]

The Terminal should "hot reload" it's settings. If you change the settings.json file, we'll immediately reload the settings. You shouldn't need to close and restart the window at all. Is that not working for you?

[zadjii-msft]

for example:

[rajendrasp]

Thanks @zadjii-msft Yes it is hot reloading for me. I guess, creating a new tab is not that much of a trouble. But I was looking for closing the current instance and launching a new one so that I start with new Starting dir and admin mode and does not have to keep an unnecessary tab/window open and user does not have to manually click to open a new tab.

Shouldn't Stop-Process work though? Something I am doing wrong there?