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Provide an option to integrate Windows Terminal into Windows Explorer Ribbon #14183

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opened 2026-01-31 04:03:13 +00:00 by claunia · 7 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:03:13 +00:00
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Originally created by @egvijayanand on GitHub (Jun 9, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Provide an option to integrate Windows Terminal into Windows Explorer Ribbon as using the context menu every time is very painful. This would improve the user experience a lot.

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Upon adding this, opening the Terminal in the context of a folder from Explorer view is just a click away, no need to open the context menu and look for the Open in Windows Terminal option from long list of applicable items would go away.

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claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:03:15 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2021):

Can you provide another example of an app that integrates into the File Explorer ribbon? I wasn't aware that there was any way for an app to do that.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2021): Can you provide another example of an app that integrates into the File Explorer ribbon? I wasn't aware that there was any way for an app to do that.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:03:15 +00:00
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@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2021):

Extending the Ribbon looks like you cannot add custom buttons to the ribbon of File Explorer. Even if you could, it might still not be possible to host a Windows Terminal window in the folder view when the folder itself is not provided by Windows Terminal.

@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2021): [Extending the Ribbon](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/extending-the-ribbon) looks like you cannot add custom buttons to the ribbon of File Explorer. Even if you could, it might still not be possible to host a Windows Terminal window in the [folder view](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/nse-works#folder-view) when the folder itself is not provided by Windows Terminal.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:03:15 +00:00
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@mdtauk commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2021):

a future Windows version will allow Windows Terminal to be the default. I assume this includes File Explorer interfaces

@mdtauk commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2021): a future Windows version will allow Windows Terminal to be the default. I assume this includes File Explorer interfaces
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:03:15 +00:00
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@driver1998 commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2021):

OpenShell does not add stuff to the Ribbon, it just turns it off...

@driver1998 commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2021): OpenShell does not add stuff to the Ribbon, it just turns it off...
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:03:16 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2021):

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been marked as requiring author feedback but has not had any activity for 4 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 3 days of this comment.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2021): This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been marked as requiring author feedback but has not had any activity for **4 days**. It will be closed if no further activity occurs **within 3 days of this comment**.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:03:16 +00:00
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@egvijayanand commented on GitHub (Jun 17, 2021):

Hope it makes way as part of Windows 11 where Terminal becomes the de facto.

Pass on this request to the team working with the Explorer Ribbon so that it becomes part and parcel of it.

@egvijayanand commented on GitHub (Jun 17, 2021): Hope it makes way as part of Windows 11 where Terminal becomes the de facto. Pass on this request to the team working with the Explorer Ribbon so that it becomes part and parcel of it.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:03:16 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2021):

I'm just going to take this thought experiment to it's logical conclusion - if an app can add itself to the ribbon in explorer, then every app that can will. Now you've got two places where apps will be adding themselves, and now you've just got two giant lists of applications, where it's hard to find what you're actually looking for.

If there's overwhelming community demand for this feature, we can revisit this.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2021): I'm just going to take this thought experiment to it's logical conclusion - if an app can add itself to the ribbon in explorer, then every app that can _will_. Now you've got _two_ places where apps will be adding themselves, and now you've just got two giant lists of applications, where it's hard to find what you're actually looking for. If there's overwhelming community demand for this feature, we can revisit this.
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