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Cannot start WindowsTermianl.exe from commandline #4154

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opened 2026-01-30 23:39:33 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:39:33 +00:00
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Originally created by @kice on GitHub (Sep 29, 2019).

I want to start Windows Termianl from folder right-click menu, something like "Open Termianl Here". Since we cannot start UWP by double-clicking the exe. I change the command to start Microsoft Edge to start Windows Termianl, but it did not work.

For Microsoft Edge

explorer shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge

For WindowsTermianl (dose not work)

explorer shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!WindowsTerminal

Did I miss something here or do we need to change the code in order to make it work?

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26244759/opening-a-file-in-a-metro-app-from-command-line

Originally created by @kice on GitHub (Sep 29, 2019). I want to start Windows Termianl from folder right-click menu, something like "Open Termianl Here". Since we cannot start UWP by double-clicking the exe. I change the command to start Microsoft Edge to start Windows Termianl, but it did not work. For Microsoft Edge ``` explorer shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge ``` For WindowsTermianl (dose not work) ``` explorer shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!WindowsTerminal ``` Did I miss something here or do we need to change the code in order to make it work? ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26244759/opening-a-file-in-a-metro-app-from-command-line
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claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:39:34 +00:00
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@AndreasBrostrom commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2019):

Don't think its possible per default but you can add: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\ to your path variable this should allow you to call wt.exe

For right click manual solution see here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1060

@AndreasBrostrom commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2019): Don't think its possible per default but you can add: `%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\` to your path variable this should allow you to call `wt.exe` For right click manual solution see here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1060
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:39:34 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2019):

@ColdEvul is right, you should use the app execution alias wt.exe. It should already be on your PATH.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2019): @ColdEvul is right, you should use the app execution alias `wt.exe`. It should already be on your `PATH`.
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