What is ‘quake mode’?

Quake mode is a Windows Terminal option which starts the program as a large borderless window which can be opened and closed via the keyboard shortcut: WIN + `.

Open Windows Terminal in ‘quake mode’

To start Windows Terminal in quake mode use the following command line switch:

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wt.exe --window "_quake"

Open Windows Terminal at startup in ‘quake mode’

To open Windows Terminal in quake mode at start up, go to your startup folder by pressing WIN + R and then typing shell:startup.

A Windows explorer will open. Created a new shortcut .lnk file inside this folder by right-clicking inside the folder “New” > “Shortcut” and then enter the following command:

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wt.exe --window "_quake"

When you restart or login next Windows Terminal will open in quake mode.

To open Windows Terminal in ‘quake mode’ minimized at startup, use this command:

For Windows Powershell 5

wt.exe --window "_quake" powershell -window minimized

For Powershell 7

wt.exe --window "_quake" pwsh -window minimized

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