With this time-saving shortcut, you can open a new Terminal window from any folder simply by selecting it from the context menu.

When you open Windows Terminal, you see C:%USERPROFILE% as the default starting directory. You can change the default starting directory to the custom path you set in a few steps.

Terminal users may find it useful to open the current Finder window in the Terminal <i>and</i> open the current Terminal working directory in the Finder. Some options.

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.