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Is there a way to start a Windows Terminal Preview process? I know you can start the regular Windows Terminal using wt.exe, however, I am using the preview version and would like to open a terminal preview instance from a program. I have searched Google, but I always just seem to find how to open the regular Windows Terminal.

If I open the executable path from task manager, I get to an exe which I cannot open because I apparently don't have sufficient rights to do - it probably has to do with the fact that I use the version from Windows Store. Do I have to reinstall it from GitHub? I thought that since I can run it from the start menu there should be a way to do so from a program, maybe there is a shortcut which I have the execution rights for?

RcCookie
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They both use wt.exe as an alias to launch the app. You can manage which one gets started under "Manage App Execution Aliases" in windows Settings by turning one off and the other on:

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More details in the answers here: Path and Name of exe file of windows terminal preview

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