[FR] Add ability to inherit starting directory when launching from the context of other apps

[Kein]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Just as the title say, inherit the working directory from the context of the app that launches it if possible.
For example, Total Commander has a command line you can launch default cmd from and it will inherit current working/active directory.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

[zadjii-msft]

You can already do this with the commandline args to wt.exe. If you launch wt.exe -d . it will inherit the CWD of the caller. wt -d c:\windows\system32 and it'll launch in c:\windows\system32. Does that work for you?

[Kein]

Yes it works albeit not exactly the way current cmd does it.
Hmm, is there a way to set config up so if Terminal is called directly via shortcut on desktop or tile in Start it will use startingDirectory, otherwise, it will use -d . by default? I know I can use -d . as a default startup command but this will apply to every single launch, which is not always desirable.

Basically, is there way to somehow distinguish context?

[zadjii-msft]

Unfortunately, no. There's no good way to distinguish between those types of launches. #3547, #878 (comment) and #878 (comment) have more details.

[Kein]

That' unfortunate. At least you could have alias -d . to empty -d or another flag that will do -d . automatically to reduce the crumblesomeness of the approach.