When you open Windows Terminal, you see C:%USERPROFILE% as the default starting directory. You can change the default starting directory to the custom path you set in a few steps.

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.

For example, there are times when I want to open the current Terminal directory in the Finder. That’s actually pretty simple to do—just type open . (note the trailing dot!) and press Return.