Name: Quick Shell
Author: Tony Thompson

Quick Shell

Tony Thompson·tonythethompson.QuickShell

Open saved terminal directories and run commands from PowerToys Command Palette

Quick Shell is a PowerToys Command Palette extension that lets you save favorite project directories and launch them in Windows Terminal, PowerShell, PowerShell 7, or cmd — optionally running a command on open. After installing, open PowerToys Command Palette and run "Reload Command Palette Extension". For full Command Palette integration, MSIX install via scripts/deploy.ps1 is recommended.

winget install --id tonythethompson.QuickShell --exact --source winget

Latest 0.2.4.0·July 29, 2026

Release Notes

Changed

Much smaller Command Palette package: Release MSIX is roughly ~30 MB after trim (down from ~126 MB) by dropping WinForms and stripping unused framework code, so installs and updates download less.
Snappier search and list refresh by cutting allocations on hot paths (task search tokens, PATH lookups, display text, health-check parsing).
Faster workspace suggestions and home-row enrichment with less redundant work while you browse and launch.
Quicker terminal profile icon loading via Windows Terminal fragment discovery, icon resizing, and skip-reparse when fragment files have not changed.
Smoother status and branch-picker refresh when drives come back online or a load fails (retryable errors, no stuck duplicate loads).

Fixed

Profile icons from Windows Terminal fragments (including relative paths and fragment updates) resolve more reliably.
Blank .ico sources are handled without breaking valid PNG icons.
Offline or repaired workspace folders re-probe after a short TTL instead of staying stuck until restart.

Installer type: `inno`

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Details

Homepage: https://github.com/tonythethompson/QuickShell
License: MIT
Publisher: Tony Thompson
Support: https://github.com/tonythethompson/QuickShell/issues

Older versions (2)

0.2.0.0

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0.1.2.1

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