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Underline Keyboard Shortcut for Windows Terminal in Administrator mode missing in Win+X menu #15938

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opened 2026-01-31 04:52:48 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @jeansagi on GitHub (Nov 20, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

After selecting Windows Terminal as the default console application, the "Windows Terminal (Administrator)" entry in the Windows+X does not get any letter underlined for easy access, so I need to use arrow keys to select the entry or select using the mouse.
This option was enabled when using Command Prompt or PowerShell as the default console application.
To be precise I'm using the Spanish language in my Windows 11 and I got two entries when I selected Windows Terminal as the default console application:

  1. "W_i_ndows terminal" -> Note that in this entry the letter i (in Windows) is underlined.
  2. "Terminal Windows (Administrador)" -> None of the letters are underlined.

So, if I type: Win+X and letter "i", I launch the Windows Terminal with user privileges.
But there is no option if I want to launch the Windows Terminal with Administrative privileges.

As I said both Command Lines and Powershell had those options at least from Windows 10.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Please to be consistent add an underline letter to the entry to launch Windows Terminal with administrative privileges. Any letter your team may seem fit.

NOTE: There are other means to launch a Windows Terminal with administrative privileges using keyboard shortcuts but what I asking here is about consistency in the Windows user interface.

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