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There's already one question in this forum about doing this: Here, but it don't do the same as GNOME/Linux, who keeps the terminal in memory, so when you press the shortcut, it opens the terminal instantly. Is there anyway to achieve this on windows?

Enzo Dtz
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Drop a shortcut to cmd.exe on the desktop, right click and specify a shortcut key (for example CTRL+SHIFT+1, as in the screenshot below). Works immediately.

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MiG
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  • Yup, it works, I've done this. But the problem is that you have to wait a few seconds, since its not already in memory, as in linux... – Enzo Dtz Feb 17 '22 at 20:54
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    I'm not aware of the ability to either preload cmd.exe, or keep it in memory. It's pretty light though, takes a fraction of a second for me to load here. – MiG Feb 17 '22 at 20:59
  • I just tied it to CTRL+SHIFT+1, which makes a one handed shortcut press very easy. That's as fast as you can get it I reckon :) – MiG Feb 17 '22 at 21:00
  • Wish I had an sdd ;) – Enzo Dtz Feb 17 '22 at 21:10
  • Smaller ones are pretty cheap, you can run a dual setup - OS and programs on the system SSD, documents and other files on a bigger HDD. Been doing that for a long time – MiG Feb 17 '22 at 21:18
  • If you don't close it the shortcut key will switch to it. The shortcut key both starts the program if not open and switches to the window if already opened. – user1644677 Feb 19 '22 at 23:31
  • Also if you want it hidden from the taskbar see this program https://winsourcecode.blogspot.com/2021/04/this-uses-inbuilt-compilers-in-windows.html. – user1644677 Feb 19 '22 at 23:36