Open a new tab in the running instance of windows terminal from CLI

Question

Is there a way to open a new tab in a running instance of windows terminal from CLI and make it point to a specific folder?

Everytime I run wt.exe -d c:\my-folder it opens a new window.

Answer 1

If someone needs the commands to create a new tab (and not open a new window) from a context menu item are: (if you are already in the directory):

wt -w 0 nt

(and if you click on the directory):

wt -w 0 nt -d %1

(to open in the current directory):

wt -w 0 nt -d %CD%

You can add these commands in the respective registry of each item (or in a new one)

Source: the GitHub discussion in the other answer.

if you run that in cmd or a script, it launches a new instance if none already running, or adds a tab if there is a running instance.

Answer 2

Now, we have this option in Windows Terminal's Settings.