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Is there a way to open Terminal in Quake mode by default? #16380

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opened 2026-01-31 05:05:55 +00:00 by claunia · 6 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:05:55 +00:00
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Originally created by @amithegde on GitHub (Jan 12, 2022).

I have looked around but could not find, is there a way to open Terminal in Quake mode?

  • Provide a Setting to open terminal in quake mode by default.

Currently, I open terminal in Admin mode, by finding it on the start menu and hitting Ctrl+Shift+Enter and then hit Ctrl+` to open quake mode and continue with my work. I manually have to close one instance of the terminal since I continue with quake mode from that point.

When I was using ConEmu, there was a setting which allowed opening it in Quake Mode by default which improves workflow.

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claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:05:56 +00:00
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@bzzrak commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2022):

You can run wt --window "_quake" instead

@bzzrak commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2022): You can run `wt --window "_quake"` instead
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:05:57 +00:00
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@amithegde commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2022):

You can run wt --window "_quake" instead

This is a great tip, though I need to have another cmd open to run the above command it seems. The terminal doesn't provide a way to pin to task bar, then right click to change properties where we can make it run in admin mode and provide additional parameters.

@amithegde commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2022): > You can run `wt --window "_quake"` instead This is a great tip, though I need to have another cmd open to run the above command it seems. The terminal doesn't provide a way to pin to task bar, then right click to change properties where we can make it run in admin mode and provide additional parameters.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:05:57 +00:00
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@bzzrak commented on GitHub (Jan 15, 2022):

@amithegde you don't have to. RIght click the desktop --> new --> Shortcut, then put the command in there, and you have a shortcut that opens a quake window. Zou can then pin this shortuct to the taskbar or do whatever you want.

@bzzrak commented on GitHub (Jan 15, 2022): @amithegde you don't have to. RIght click the desktop --> new --> Shortcut, then put the command in there, and you have a shortcut that opens a quake window. Zou can then pin this shortuct to the taskbar or do whatever you want.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:05:57 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2022):

Yea, there's not a great way to achieve what you're looking for today. Especially not elevated. #12142 might make this a little easier. I suspect #9992 will do a lot of this ask, by allowing you to set the Terminal to open the _quake window by default.

For tracking sake, I'm gonna close this as a /duplicate of #9992. That should get you close enough (whenever that lands)

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2022): Yea, there's not a _great_ way to achieve what you're looking for today. Especially not elevated. #12142 might make this a little easier. I suspect #9992 will do a lot of this ask, by allowing you to set the Terminal to open the `_quake` window by default. For tracking sake, I'm gonna close this as a /duplicate of #9992. That should get you close enough (whenever that lands)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:05:57 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2022):

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 (Jan 18, 2022): 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!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:05:57 +00:00
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@eggbean commented on GitHub (Nov 21, 2023):

I find that a reliable way to do this is to launch Windows Terminal through the PowerToys Run launcher.

@eggbean commented on GitHub (Nov 21, 2023): I find that a reliable way to do this is to launch Windows Terminal through the PowerToys Run launcher.
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