How to add Windows Terminal to the Windows Explorer context menu as “👩‍💻 Windows Terminal Here” ❔

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The Windows context menu option ‘👩‍💻 Windows Terminal Here’ is handy to open Windows Terminal from Windows or Windows Explorer, samtang sa pagsunod sa mga sama nga dalan.
 

This tutorial assumes that Windows PowerShell is run as default when Windows Terminal is started

  1. Edit the registry as follows…

    Start Registry Editor

    win Key + R -> regedit -> Click OK

    Show the Address bar in the Registry Editor if it is not already showing

    View -> Address Bar

     

  2. Add the first registry entry to create the icon in the menu…

    Registry Path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

    Right click shell -> New -> Key

    Name the key Terminal

    Edit the (default) string to Windows Terminal Here

    Right click the new key Terminal -> New -> String

    Name the new string Icon

    Download the Windows Terminal Icon…

    Windows Terminal Icon

    Open the Icon string and set the value as follows replacing {path to icon} with your own path:

    {path to icon}terminal.ico

     

  3. Add the second registry entry

    Registry Path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Terminal

    Right click Terminal -> New -> Key

    Name the new key command

    In command, set the value of (default):

    wt -d .

     

  4. Add the third registry entry

    Registry Path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

    Right click shell -> New -> Key

    Name the key Terminal

    Edit the (default) string to Windows Terminal Here

    Right click the new key Terminal -> New -> String

    Name the new string Icon

    Open Icon and set the value as follows replacing {path to icon} with your own path:

    {path to icon}terminal.ico

     

  5. Add the fourth registry entry

    Registry Path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Terminal

    Right click Terminal -> New -> Key

    In the new command key, set the value of Default:

    wt -d .

     

The context menu now should be working. Right click on the desktop and click Windows Terminal Here. Windows Terminal should open with PowerShell with the present working directory as your desktop.