Personalization Add or Remove "Open in Terminal" context menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Open in Terminal context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11.

Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts.

Windows 11 includes a Open in Terminal context menu by default when you right click or shift + right click on a folder or folder background, but this does not open Windows Terminal elevated (run as administrator).





EXAMPLE: "Open in Terminal" context menu







1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.

This is the default setting.

(Contents of REG file for reference)





(Contents of REG file for reference)

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.

6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8 Sometimes you may need to restart the explorer process to apply.

9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.

1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.

This is the default setting.

(Contents of REG file for reference)






(Contents of REG file for reference)

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.

6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8 Sometimes you may need to restart the explorer process to apply.

9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink