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).
Contents
- Option One: Add or Remove "Open in Terminal" context menu for Current User
- Option Two: Add or Remove "Open in Terminal" context menu for All Users
EXAMPLE: "Open in Terminal" context menu
OPTION ONE
Add or Remove "Open in Terminal" context menu for Current User
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
2 Add "Open in Terminal" context menu for Current User
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Open_in_Windows_Terminal_context_menu_for_current_user.reg
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155}"=-3 Remove "Open in Terminal" context menu for Current User
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Open_in_Windows_Terminal_context_menu_for_current_user.reg
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155}"=""4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 Restart the explorer process to fully apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
OPTION TWO
Add or Remove "Open in Terminal" context menu for All Users
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.
2 Add "Open in Windows Terminal" context menu for All Users
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Open_in_Windows_Terminal_context_menu_for_all_users.reg
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155}"=-3 Remove "Open in Terminal" context menu for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Open_in_Windows_Terminal_context_menu_for_all_users.reg
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155}"=""4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 Restart the explorer process to fully apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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