Add or Remove 'Open in Windows Terminal as administrator' context menu

bamajon1974 · 04 May 2021

Brink said:

You're most welcome.

Using this below opened PowerShell v7 for me.

@="powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden "Start-Process -Verb RunAs cmd.exe -ArgumentList @('/c','start wt.exe','-p','"""PowerShell"""','-d','"""%1"""')""

The Azure Cloud Shell option is for this below:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu...shell/overview

The Powershell 7 modification didn't work for me. No window opened. I believe it needs the same modification you made last night to the PowerShell v5.1 entry.

Brink · 04 May 2021

bamajon1974 said:

The Powershell 7 modification didn't work for me. No window opened. I believe it needs the same modification you made last night to the PowerShell v5.1 entry.

Ok. I've added a Add_PowerShell_7.reg download to the tutorial to add PowerShell 7 to the context menu.

This way it can serve as an add-on to the context menu, and the same can be done for other installed shells.

bamajon1974 · 05 May 2021

@Brink Thank you! The PowerShell 7 entry works.

Two more questions: If I want to make the entries open the standard privilege terminal, I omit the "-Verb RunAs" after "Start Process" and before "cmd.exe -ArgumentList" right?

About having the windows terminal icon, in the main [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin] key, if you add "Icon" string followed by "wt.exe" or "windowsterminal.exe", the wrong Icon is displayed (i think it is a blue open icon). If you add the full path to the icon, "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.7.1033.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\wt.exe"
the correct icon is displayed, but the path is version specific and may not be valid every time Terminal is updated. Do you know a solution to this problem?

Thanks!

Brink · 05 May 2021

bamajon1974 said:

@Brink Thank you! The PowerShell 7 entry works.

Two more questions: If I want to make the entries open the standard privilege terminal, I omit the "-Verb RunAs" after "Start Process" and before "cmd.exe -ArgumentList" right?

About having the windows terminal icon, in the main [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenWTHereAsAdmin] key, if you add "Icon" string followed by "wt.exe" or "windowsterminal.exe", the wrong Icon is displayed (i think it is a blue open icon). If you add the full path to the icon, "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.7.1033.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\wt.exe"
the correct icon is displayed, but the path is version specific and may not be valid every time Terminal is updated. Do you know a solution to this problem?

Thanks!

You'll only need to remove the -Verb RunAs part of the command to not run as administrator.

I couldn't find a valid universal path for the Windows Terminal icon, and opted to use the UAC icon.

bamajon1974 · 06 May 2021

Got it. Thank you!

Brink · 06 May 2021

bamajon1974 said:

Got it. Thank you!

bamajon1974 · 17 May 2021

Good evening @Brink
Could you please create a tutorial for launching terminal from the context menu with standard privileges as well?

Thanks!

Brink · 17 May 2021

bamajon1974 said:

Good evening @Brink
Could you please create a tutorial for launching terminal from the context menu with standard privileges as well?

Thanks!

I'll add a tutorial for it tomorrow. You should have the default "Open in Windows Terminal" context menu available for now though.

bamajon1974 · 17 May 2021

Brink said:

I'll add a tutorial for it tomorrow. You should have the default "Open in Windows Terminal" context menu available for now though.

Great! Thank you! I disabled the default terminal context menu because there is no way to make it extended or add the different options you present in your tutorials.

Brink · 18 May 2021

bamajon1974 said:

Great! Thank you! I disabled the default terminal context menu because there is no way to make it extended or add the different options you present in your tutorials.

Ok. Tutorial below all finished for you.

Add 'Open in Windows Terminal' expandable context menu in Windows 10