WT does not open in the current folder when typing 'wt' in the File Explorer address bar #11151

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opened 2026-01-31 02:39:59 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @claudiofreda on GitHub (Oct 24, 2020).

A very common shortcut to open a powershell or cmd window in the current File Explorer folder is to type 'cmd' or 'powershell' into the address bar. This passes the current folder as an argument to the shell, which opens alread cd'd into that folder.

This does not work with windows terminal, and typing 'wt' into the address bar results into opening 'wt' with the user home folder as current directory.

Surprisingly, this even works for WSL prompts.

I argue this is a desirable feature and behaviour and should be introduced to Windows Terminal.

Originally created by @claudiofreda on GitHub (Oct 24, 2020). A very common shortcut to open a powershell or cmd window in the current File Explorer folder is to type 'cmd' or 'powershell' into the address bar. This passes the current folder as an argument to the shell, which opens alread cd'd into that folder. This does not work with windows terminal, and typing 'wt' into the address bar results into opening 'wt' with the user home folder as current directory. Surprisingly, this even works for WSL prompts. I argue this is a desirable feature and behaviour and should be introduced to Windows Terminal.
claunia added the Issue-QuestionNeeds-Tag-FixResolution-Answered labels 2026-01-31 02:40:00 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#11151