Opening via Windows explorer and typing wt in the path box should open wt to the current directory #12182

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opened 2026-01-31 03:08:18 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @TheNerdMan on GitHub (Jan 25, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Currently if a user navigates to a directory in windows explorer and types cmd in the path input then CMD will open to the correct path. Windows Terminal should mimic this behaviour if the default profile allows it.

Example of pre cmd usage
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Example of post cmd usage.
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Reference: starred/terminal#12182