Here are four different methods to run or open Windows Terminal as an administrator in Windows 11. In Windows 10, Windows Terminal was an optional app that users could download from Microsoft Store.

With the Terminal, Windows has a common interface for Powershell, Command Prompt, and Azure Cloud Shell. This allows you to start the terminal directly with the command prompt.

First, open Windows Terminal and then open the profile in which you want to execute a command, say Windows PowerShell. Now, run the command.

Now that you’ve got the Windows Terminal open, here are some of the commands that might make it worth your while. To make use of them, type the text shown and then hit Enter .

For those unfamiliar, Windows Terminal is an open-source replacement for Windows Console, and it acts as a host for multiple command-line shells that can run side by side, split into tabs.

In the Windows terminal, start Linux via the menu that appears after clicking on the arrow button next to the tabs. In Powershell, determine the WSL version with: wsl -l -v.