Typing "wt" in Explorer address bar shall open Windows Terminal from the current folder (i.e. "Here") #9147

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opened 2026-01-31 01:47:10 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @SamSig on GitHub (Jun 19, 2020).

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Currently if type "wt" in Explorer address bar and press Enter, no matter which folder is currently opened in Explorer, the Windows Terminal will always open in %UserProfile%. Verified in version: 1.0.1401.0

It is expected to go directly to the current folder that is opened in Explorer. Like when you type "cmd" in address bar for the same.

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 01:47:11 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to search for duplicates when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #878 for more discussion.

We wanted to make wt behave like cmd or powershell here, but unfortunately, there were just too many odd edge cases to make this work right. There are more details over in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/878#issuecomment-579508860 if you want more reading. The recommended way to open the terminal in the current directory is by typing wt -d . in the explorer bar.

/dup #878 #6559 #6456 #6279 #6031 #5796

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to [search for duplicates](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aissue+%22explorer+address+bar%22+is%3Aclosed) when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #878 for more discussion. We wanted to make `wt` behave like `cmd` or `powershell` here, but unfortunately, there were just too many odd edge cases to make this work right. There are more details over in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/878#issuecomment-579508860 if you want more reading. The recommended way to open the terminal in the current directory is by typing `wt -d .` in the explorer bar. /dup #878 #6559 #6456 #6279 #6031 #5796
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 19, 2020):

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 (Jun 19, 2020): 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#9147