This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off allow Windows Terminal to run in the background for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts.
Microsoft added a new setting page for Compatibility in Windows Terminal. Here you will find an option to let you allow Windows Terminal to run in the background. This allows actions such as Global Summon and Quake Mode actions to work even when no Terminal windows are open.
Reference:
Windows Terminal Preview 1.23 Release
Happy New Year everyone! Here is our first Windows Terminal Preview release of the year! In this release, we focused on porting many of our beloved settings to the Settings UI. We also have several bug fixes and accessibility updates as well. We are also updating Windows Terminal stable to...
devblogs.microsoft.com
Here's How:
1 Open Windows Terminal.
2 Click/tap on the down arrow button on the top bar, and click/tap on Settings Ctrl + , (comma). (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Compatibility in the left pane. (see screenshot below)
4 Turn On or Off (default) Allow Windows Terminal to run in the background for what you want.
5 Click/tap on Save at the bottom to apply.
6 You can now close the Settings tab or Windows Terminal if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
