This detailed guide shows how to open, manage, customize & configure Windows Terminal settings and help you use Windows Terminal like a pro.

With the Terminal, Windows has a common interface for Powershell, Command Prompt, and Azure Cloud Shell. This allows you to start the terminal directly with the command prompt.

In this guide, we show you how you can change Starting Directory in Windows Terminal. When you open Windows Terminal, you see C:%USERPROFILE% as the default starting directory.

Command Prompt now includes a new Terminal tab to customize the experience further, and in this guide, we'll show you how to do it.

Terminal users may find it useful to open the current Finder window in the Terminal <i>and</i> open the current Terminal working directory in the Finder. Some options.

How to Open an Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 11, 10, or 8 If you're using a keyboard with Windows 11, 10, or 8, you can quickly open an elevated Command Prompt from the Power User Menu.

With this time-saving shortcut, you can open a new Terminal window from any folder simply by selecting it from the context menu.

It already replaces Windows PowerShell in the Quick Links (WinX) menu (the right-click menu on the Start menu button) there, and today we will show you how to do this in Windows 10 too.

Microsoft's new open-source Windows Terminal command-line tool is the future of Windows Console Host.