This setting accepts the following possible values: This property is only used if the -window,-w window command line argument is not provided. This setting controls how new terminal instances attach to existing windows. Similarly, setting this to maximizedFocus will result in launching the terminal in a maximized window with focus mode enabled.Īccepts: 'default', 'maximized', 'fullscreen', 'focus', 'maximizedFocus'ĭefault value: 'default' New instance behavior Setting this to focus is equivalent to launching the terminal in the default mode, but with focus mode enabled. This defines whether the terminal will launch as maximized, full screen, or in a window. If your shell is configured to report the current working directory that will be saved as wellĪccepts: 'defaultProfile', 'persistedWindowLayout'ĭefault value: 'defaultProfile' Launch mode

The tab layout of each window, including the layout and profile of each pane, but not any contents of those panes Note: Currently, Windows Terminal will save the following information: Additionally, closing the last open window by clicking the X button or using the closeWindow command will save the layout of that last window. Windows Terminal will save the layout of all open windows automatically to assist with restoration from crashes and will also save the layout when using the quit action. When set to 'persistedWindowLayout', this enables Windows Terminal to save the layout of open windows on close and restore all saved windows on starting a new session. When set to 'defaultProfile', Windows Terminal will start a new session by opening a single tab with your default profile.

Note: if the Windows Terminal startup task entry is disabled either by org policy or by user action this setting will have no effect.ĭefault value: false Behavior when starting a new terminal session Setting this to false will disable the startup task entry.

When set to true, this enables the launch of Windows Terminal at startup. This feature is only available when running Windows 10 Insider Program Dev Channel or Windows 11.

Windows terminal settings location