How To Use The Tabbed Command Prompt In Windows 10
Just like tabs for your browser
If you’re someone whouses the Command Prompt utility for most of your tasks, you likely often have multiple utility windows open at the same time on your screen. Managing these windows becomes a bit difficult when the number of the windows grows. A tabbed Command Prompt interface can help you out here.
Just like your browser tabs, you can also enable tabs in your Command Prompt windows. That way you don’t need to open a new window for each of your CMD tasks. You can open a new tab instead for your Command Prompt instances. It helps you avoid getting your screen cluttered with all your CMD windows scattered here and there.
This is possible using some of the apps available for your Windows computer.
Use The Windows Terminal For Tabbed Command Prompt
The current Command Prompt utility on your Windows 10 computer doesn’t come with the tab feature. So for now, the only way to run multiple instances of the utility is to open a new window for each.
However, there’s now a preview version ofthe Windows Terminal app available on the Microsoft Store. It helps you add the tabbed interface feature to your computer so you can open new tabs instead of Windows to run your commands.
Windows Terminal is currently in the preview stage meaning it isn’t currently ready to be included in the Windows installations. However, it won’t be too long before it comes as a stock app on your Windows machines.
Using Console For a Tabbed Terminal In Windows
Another way to enable tabbed Command Prompt on your Windows machine is to use a third-party app. There’s an app called Console (free) that allows you to have a tabbed CMD interface on your computer.
This app offers several more features than the Windows Terminal app.
This utility’s been around for quite a long time and is a good one to use a tabbed Command Prompt interface.
Get The Tabbed Command Prompt With PowerCMD
PowerCMD(free) is yet another way to add tabbed functionality to your Command Prompt utility. This app offers much more than what you get with the default utility on your computer.
Enable Tabbed Command Prompt Using ConEmu
ConEmuis an open-source and free tool that lets you open multiple tabs in a Command Prompt window on Windows machines. It comes with a basic and clutter-free user interface so you canfocus on your actual commands.
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