This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Open in Terminal Preview context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11.
The Windows Terminal Preview app contains the latest features as they are developed. Windows Terminal is a modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations.
If you install the Windows Terminal Preview app, a Open in Terminal Preview context menu is added by default for when you right click or shift + right click on a folder or folder background.
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- Option One: Add or Remove "Open in Terminal Preview" context menu for Current User
- Option Two: Add or Remove "Open in Terminal Preview" context menu for All Users
EXAMPLE: "Open in Terminal Preview" context menu
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
2 Add "Open in Terminal Preview" 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_Preview_context_menu_for_current_user.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{02DB545A-3E20-46DE-83A5-1329B1E88B6B}"=-3 Remove "Open in Terminal Preview" 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_Preview_context_menu_for_current_user.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{02DB545A-3E20-46DE-83A5-1329B1E88B6B}"=""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.
2 Add "Open in Windows Terminal Preview" 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_Preview_context_menu_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{02DB545A-3E20-46DE-83A5-1329B1E88B6B}"=-3 Remove "Open in Terminal Preview" 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_Preview_context_menu_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{02DB545A-3E20-46DE-83A5-1329B1E88B6B}"=""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
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