Windows terminal: Predefined tabs on startup

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Is it possible to start the Windows terminal with (multiple) tabs, each on a configured working directory?

The reason for this is, because I usually manually do the same steps each day: Start the same handful of shells and cd on each of them to a specific path. E.g.

  1. GitBash to my workspace
  2. Cmd to the building dir in my workspace
  3. Ubuntu bash to some data generation app
  4. …

It would be super cool to automate these steps.

This question is a bit similar to Open Terminal with predefined tabs but for the new Windows Terminal.

Best Answer

I think creating a custom shortcut might at least partially solve your issue.

  1. Right click anywhere on the desktop -> New -> Shortcut
  2. Type the start configuration you want, for example:

wt ; new-tab -p "Command Prompt" -d C:\Users\Donatas\Workspace ; split-pane -p "Ubuntu"

  • wt - opens Windows Terminal
  • new-tab - opens new tab
  • split-pane - splits the screen (you can split the tab both, vertically and horizontally)
  • -p specifies the profile for example, Ubuntu
  • -d specifies starting directory of the profile

More information: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-v0-9-release/

  1. Type shortcut name.
  2. Run the shortcut, you should get two tabs and second tab should be split in two. Something like that:

Windows terminal with multiple tabs

  1. Optionally, you can change icon, pin to the task or start bars.
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