If, on the other hand, you install it under a standard account via sideloading of the MSIX bundle, then it is missing in the profile of the administrative account and, accordingly, causes an error message if you try to start a profile with elevated rights. If you download the program from the store, the store app sets up the Windows terminal for all users. Click Run as administrator in the expanded list. To run Windows Terminal as administrator, click Start, type terminal into the search bar, then click the chevron (it looks like an arrow without the tail) to expand the list of options. Depending on how the terminal was installed on your machine, running it as an administrator may fail if it doesn't exist for the account in question. When Windows Terminal is run as administrator, all new tabs opened will also be run as administrator. Windows Terminal is a Store app, and as such, requires installation for each user. You will then no longer be able to access the original user's settings to undo this change (other than by editing the JSON file). Run all shells as admin by configuring the default valuesĪnother quirk of Windows Terminal is that it opens all shells with elevated privileges at the next startup if you have selected the admin option for the default profile.

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