![]() You can replicate this for whatever type of file you're opening. `ftype batfile="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe" -w 0 "%1" %*` For reference, that command would look like This opens whatever i'm opening in my current Windows Terminal window in a new tab. There's a lot of parameters to play around with here. `ftype batfile="%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe" "%1" %*`Īs you can see, this modifies the exe `.bat` files open by default in to the Windows Terminal exe. Open a cmd window (Must be cmd and must be in Administrator mode) and copy/paste this. To combat this, we need to edit the registry again. Unfortunately, when you run a `.bat` or `.py` or `.ps1` file, it'll open in a bog standard cmd window. I recommend creating a shortcut for it on your desktop or taskbar or w/e. That's it! Search for "Terminal" in your search bar and "Windows Terminal Preview" should show up. So for me it would be `Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_1.7.572.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle`Ĥ. Type `Add-AppxPackage` (space) `the full file-name you downloaded`. Open a Powershell window in the directory where you download the file.ģ. Go () and download the `.msixbundle` from the latest release.Ģ. If you don't want to use Chocolatey, you can grab the release directly from Github.ġ. `choco install microsoft-windows-terminal -y` Microsoft Windows Terminal has been packaged in Chocolatey in the package (). ![]() () is a very versatile package manager, similar in some ways to `apt-get` in linux, or `npm` in the world of node.js. Unfortunately this is the only way to get regular updates for it, but updating it isn't so bad with this method. This sucks, as you have to have to login with a Microsoft account to download it. (Now you see why you haven't heard about it). The "official" way to download it is through the Microsoft Store on Windows 10. It's just owned by Microsoft so they make it as hard as possible for people to install it.Īnyway the first thing you want to do is get the damn thing. Well - it's perfectly usable and gets regular updates. So you've probably seen () trailer and wondered what happened to the fancy new terminal. If you aren't afraid to log into your Microsoft account, just install it from the Microsoft store () instead. # Installing Windows Terminal Without The Microsoft Store
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