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.

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.

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.

In case you have mistakenly uninstalled Windows Terminal on your Windows 11 PC, you can get it back via PowerShell or the Microsoft Store.

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

You can open Cmd, a traditional DOS (disk operating system) style command line, the newer Windows PowerShell environment or use a terminal emulator to connect to a command line on another computer.

Microsoft is now classifying Windows Terminal as an inbox app, which means that it will now ship by default in upcoming versions of Windows 10.

Customize Windows Terminal with themes, fonts, and background images to boost productivity and give it a modern, personalized look tailored to your workflow.

Microsoft released Windows Terminal Preview v1.11 yesterday, and comes numerous improvements and features, including the ability to open a Terminal window by dropping a folder on the new tab button.