About the default open question #4257

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opened 2026-01-30 23:42:19 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @qaralotte on GitHub (Oct 4, 2019).

[Environment] Windows 10 1903 18362.356
1.In general, when I type 'cmd' in the address bar of a folder, cmd will switch the directory location to the location of the folder.However, if the open is 'wt', it is still the same, he still opens C:\Users\XXXX,even if I did not write the parameter ”startingDirectory“.
2.Even if I set the WSL ‘startingDirectory’ parameter on the terminal to the absolute location of a folder in the wsl root directory, he still opens the root directory of wsl.


If it is my parameters are not written, please advise
If it is a bug, please fix it as soon as possible.

Originally created by @qaralotte on GitHub (Oct 4, 2019). [Environment] Windows 10 1903 18362.356 1.In general, when I type 'cmd' in the address bar of a folder, cmd will switch the directory location to the location of the folder.However, if the open is 'wt', it is still the same, he still opens C:\\Users\\XXXX,even if I did not write the parameter ”startingDirectory“. 2.Even if I set the WSL ‘startingDirectory’ parameter on the terminal to the absolute location of a folder in the wsl root directory, he still opens the root directory of wsl. --- If it is my parameters are not written, please advise If it is a bug, please fix it as soon as possible.
claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-30 23:42:19 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2019):

Thanks for the bug report! Let me try and break each of these down:

  1. This is the same issue as #878. Unfortunately, if you have a startingDirectory set, you won't currently be able to use explorer to open the Windows Terminal in the current directory.
  2. This sounds quite a bit like #592, though I could be misunderstanding. startingDirectory needs to be a Windows path, not a WSL path.

/dup #878
/dup #592

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2019): Thanks for the bug report! Let me try and break each of these down: 1. This is the same issue as #878. Unfortunately, if you have a `startingDirectory` set, you won't currently be able to use explorer to open the Windows Terminal in the current directory. 2. This sounds quite a bit like #592, though I could be misunderstanding. `startingDirectory` needs to be a _Windows_ path, not a WSL path. /dup #878 /dup #592
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2019):

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 (Oct 4, 2019): 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!
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Reference: starred/terminal#4257