Context menu option for "Open in Windows Terminal" throws exception when launching from folder background #12478

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opened 2026-01-31 03:16:45 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ekillops on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021).

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Windows build number: 18363.900
Windows Terminal version: 1.5.10271.0

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open a directory in Windows Explorer
  2. Right click folder background to open context menu
  3. Click "Open in Windows Terminal"

Expected behavior

Windows Terminal should open with current directory as path.

Actual behavior

An Explorer.EXE exception popup is displayed stating: "The server threw an exception"

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Originally created by @ekillops on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021). # Environment ``` Windows build number: 18363.900 Windows Terminal version: 1.5.10271.0 ``` # Steps to reproduce 1. Open a directory in Windows Explorer 2. Right click folder background to open context menu 3. Click "Open in Windows Terminal" # Expected behavior Windows Terminal should open with current directory as path. # Actual behavior An Explorer.EXE exception popup is displayed stating: "The server threw an exception" ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22737511/107405806-8ef8d480-6abc-11eb-9847-ddfdc49feb35.png)
claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 03:16:45 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021):

What the heck github? If you search for literally this message:
?q="The+server+threw+an+exception"

then you only get this issue. HOWEVER, there's another issue with exactly that text in the title: #8936. So even if you did try and search for this issue, github wouldn't give it to you. THATS WEIRD YO.

Anyways, /dup #8936

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021): What the heck github? If you search for literally this message: [?q="The+server+threw+an+exception"](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=%22The+server+threw+an+exception%22) then you only get _this issue_. HOWEVER, there's another issue with _exactly that text in the title_: #8936. So even if you did try and search for this issue, github wouldn't give it to you. THATS WEIRD YO. Anyways, /dup #8936
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#12478