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

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.

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.