The easiest way to open a terminal on Windows is to navigate to the folder in File Explorer, click the "File" > "Open Windows PowerShell". This will open the terminal in the correct folder and you can start typing commands immediately.
You can also open a terminal and manually navigate to the folder from the terminal. In case you're unfamiliar:
- Search for
cmd
to open the Command Prompt - Once opened, the path before the
>
indicates the active folder. - To change drives, you can just type
D:
to navigate to theD:\
drive. - To change folder, type in
cd <folder>
(without the<
and>
), use tab to auto-complete. If your folder has spaces, it can help to usecd "<folder>"
. You can navigate multiple folders at once, just add a\
and type in the next folder.
When you use the watch
, css watch
or twig watch
command, a long-running process will start. It will continue to run in the background, unless you stop it. To stop the long-running process, press Ctrl+C
.