"Open with Windows Terminal" context menu not display on desktop (or right click without selected folder)

[ikas-mc]

Windows Terminal version

v1.11.2921.0

Windows build number

22000.384 and dev

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

It is difficult to reproduce, until found the association with onedrive

clean install 22000.194 and delete onedrivesetup.exe before oobe
install Windows Terminal

Expected Behavior

"Open with Windows Terminal" context menu display

Actual Behavior

but after install onedrive , the menu working properly

test result is:
22000.194 without onedrive = ok
update to 384 without onedrive = not display
384 with onedrive installed= ok

[EdiWang]

I have OneDrive installed, and my context menu is gone, I believe it is a bug in KB5007262 update.

[ikas-mc]

@EdiWang
my windows(dev) had this problem before, I uninstalled onedrive, installed the latest 64-bit version... and then fixed the problem

[zadjii-msft]

@ikas-mc Wait, so, is this still an issue? If it is, I reached out to someone on the explorer team, and they told me how to get some advanced diagnostics that might help.

You should be able to take an advanced trace on in the Feedback Hub, on the bottom page:

then, file feedback on the File Explorer path as usual, and make sure to include the zip file from the advanced diagnostics trace. Add the "Share my feedback" link here, and I can make sure it gets promoted to the right folks.

Of course, if this isn't an issue anymore, we can just close this out without the trace ☺️

[EdiWang]

@ikas-mc

Thanks for the tip. But for me, uninstall and reinstall OneDrive didn't help. Sad...

[ikas-mc]

@zadjii-msft
This is still an issue, we just happened to find that this problem can be reproduced with onedrive

If it is determined that it is a system problem(api), then it can be closed..

https://aka.ms/AAf04ox

[zadjii-msft]

Okay great, this was promoted internally to MSFT:37214068. There's not much for us to do here - this seems like a bug firmly in the explorer team's codebase. So, I'm gonna close this one out for now. I'm following the internal bug, and I'll give you an update once there's something to share. Thanks!

[Yannik]

I can confirm that this bug occurs after removing the OneDriveSetup automatic startup from SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

[danieldaeschle]

Is there at least a workaround?

[zadjii-msft]

The File Explorer team hasn't provided one, unfortunately. @danieldaeschle do you also not have OneDrive installed? That might help narrow the problem space for the explorer team

[danieldaeschle]

I have Onedrive installed

[danieldaeschle]

But it also does not get displayed in context menu

[danieldaeschle]

@EdiWang my windows(dev) had this problem before, I uninstalled onedrive, installed the latest 64-bit version... and then fixed the problem

this helped for me

[eddiezato]

I can confirm. Installed OneDrive x64, restarted File Explorer, context menu entry returned, uninstalled OneDrive, menu entry still remained.

Win 22000.469, WT 1.13.10336.0

[EdiWang]

@eddiezato

I uninstalled OneDrive, and install 64 bit version from https://oneclient.sfx.ms/Win/Insiders/21.139.0711.0001/amd64/OneDriveSetup.exe, restart my computer. It didn't work. Windows Terminal is still missing from context menu. Sad :(

However, I do have Windows Terminal menu if I right click on a folder instead of in a folder

I am also curios how can Windows Terminal menu be related to OneDrive, they seems to be two completely different things.

[iGattreX]

This issue seems to still exist as of today. It is observed that the "Open in Windows Terminal" menu appears on the Desktop Context Menu just by restarting the "Windows Explorer" from Task Manager. May be someone else can also confirm this behavior? This being the case, I am not sure if it is related to OneDrive. As mentioned earlier in this thread, it looks like a bug in the Windows Explorer code base. @zadjii-msft Did the Windows Explorer team acknowledge and any indication of what could be the potential fix?

It is still unclear why it happens only in some Windows machines and not all.

[zadjii-msft]

They haven't been able to find a repro unfortunately. More "advanced traces" might be helpful here, if it's happening consistently for you.

[iGattreX]

Yes, it is happening consistently. While all seems okay when I restart my PC, the item from the "Open in Windows Terminal" Context Menu disappears every time I log off from my ID and login to Windows (using same ID or another ID). I have also observed that the context menu issue gets fixed when I restart the Windows Explorer task in Task Manager. I have reported the bug with Steps Recorder screenshots and diagnostics log in the Feedback App. Refer: https://aka.ms/AAfyhpg. Hope this helps @zadjii-msft.

[shashwata27]

I hate this, I reset my windows today using cloud restore. And my "open in windows terminal" option was gone. I tried editing the regedit to add it but there was no blocked folder inside it also.

[zadjii-msft]

I believe this was fixed last Friday and should be flowing out to Insiders builds soon^TM

[iGattreX]

In which build is this issue expected to be fixed?

[ashfaqnisar]

Hey @iGattreX, it seems the issue was fixed in the 22598.200 build version

[CrypticCus]

Finally its been months

[omeilick]

I think I found the solution!!

So its an application called "terminal" created by Microsoft and can be found in the Microsoft Store. Re-downloaded the application and the right-click menu pops up with the "open in terminal" option. If anyone else could verify that this works that would be amazing.

Wish I took a screenshot before because it was 100% not there before I re-downloaded the application, but see pics below for the after screenshots where the options menu is working again.

Hope this helps! Happy coding 😄

[mndtr]

I'm found that the problem starts after installing the MS PowerToys. And it fixes after uninstalling the MS PowerToys and rebooting or log out your PC but I'm reinstalled Windows 11 because I'm polluted the registry while tried fix problem. Is anyone who ran into a problem has been installed MS PowerToys on their PC's?

[DannySauval]

I had PowerToys installed, I tried to remove it and reboot but it didn’t show me the Open In Terminal, even after reinstalling Windows Terminal. Too bad, as I used this shortcut a lot on Windows 10.

[zadjii-msft]

There actually was a regression our side. The thread over at #13523 (comment) has the details. It was a combo of us changing a thing, and Windows 11 also changing a thing. There are more details in #12578 (comment) also.

[weiqi-chen]

Same Issue at Windows 10

Gif:

Terminal version

Windows 10 version

[ghost]

I have the same problem on Windows 10 too.

[4kliksAlex]

Same Issue at Windows 10

Gif:

Terminal version

Windows 10 version

I have the exact same issue.

[mangogeeks]

Hi @omeilick ,
I think the workaround works. Unfortunately I couldn't get the screenshot of earlier state but captured the workflow when it works. Thank you.
https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/99791294/23ecde69-bd2b-4e7b-8450-37ab201977e7

[bmSgithub]

This issue seems to still exist as of today. It is observed that the "Open in Windows Terminal" menu appears on the Desktop Context Menu just by restarting the "Windows Explorer" from Task Manager. May be someone else can also confirm this behavior? This being the case, I am not sure if it is related to OneDrive. As mentioned earlier in this thread, it looks like a bug in the Windows Explorer code base. @zadjii-msft Did the Windows Explorer team acknowledge and any indication of what could be the potential fix?

It is still unclear why it happens only in some Windows machines and not all.

this worked for me