Right clicking the Windows Terminal icon in the taskbar doesn't allow directly launching profiles like it used to. #21006

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opened 2026-01-31 07:30:24 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @ItsIgnacioPortal on GitHub (Dec 21, 2023).

Windows Terminal version

1.18.3181.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045.3803

Other Software

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open windows terminal
  2. Right click it's icon in the task bar

Expected Behavior

Previously there was a menu where you could launch any of your Windows Terminal profiles after right clicking the terminal icon in the taskbar. All of the options that were shown within windows terminal were shown in this menu:
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Actual Behavior

But now, all I see is "Terminal"
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This feature was already implemented in previous versions of Windows Terminal, but it seems to have been reverted now, for some reason.

Originally created by @ItsIgnacioPortal on GitHub (Dec 21, 2023). ### Windows Terminal version 1.18.3181.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19045.3803 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce 1. Open windows terminal 2. Right click it's icon in the task bar ### Expected Behavior Previously there was a menu where you could launch any of your Windows Terminal profiles after right clicking the terminal icon in the taskbar. All of the options that were shown within windows terminal were shown in this menu: ![image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/46269721/490af447-a12f-4c2b-9c4f-aa9fbe3259aa) ### Actual Behavior But now, all I see is "Terminal" ![image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/46269721/c9a3bad1-0866-4dc4-8017-eb8a4cfecb4f) This feature was already implemented in previous versions of Windows Terminal, but it seems to have been reverted now, for some reason.
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Reference: starred/terminal#21006