Two windows are opened when using "--startingDirectory" option while no other wt instances are opened

[Video-Nomad]

Windows Terminal version

1.23.10353.0

Windows build number

10.0.26100.0

Other Software

cmd
(and any software that can execute "wt -d ..." command)

Steps to reproduce

1. Have NO Windows Terminal instances opened
2. open cmd
3. type: wt -d "C:\" or any other location

Expected Behavior

If no Windows Terminal instances exist Windows Terminal opens a single window with the working directory specified in "-d" option.

Actual Behavior

If no Windows Terminal instances exist Windows Terminal opens two windows, one is the default working directory (%USERPROFILE% in my case) and one with actual "-d" specified directory.

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[carlos-zamora]

Thanks for filing! Can you share your settings.json and state.json files with us /? We're suspicious that the global "firstWindowPreference" setting may be the cause of bringing back that second window.

[Video-Nomad]

Of course, here's the files.

state.json
settings.json

[Video-Nomad]

I'm a bit confused. I've searched for similar issues and found this one #13272

I've tried changing:
"firstWindowPreference": "defaultProfile"
to
"firstWindowPreference": "persistedWindowLayout"
saved and then went back to the original "defaultProfile" and now it's fixed (???)

I haven't touched this option on all the previous versions at all and -d was behaving as it should wit the exact same config.

I guess it's fixed now?

[Video-Nomad]

Fixed by... toggling one option on and off 🤷‍♂

[carlos-zamora]

Interesting! I wonder if the state.json got in a weird state, then it got fixed after toggling the setting. Now that you're not experiencing the bug, mind checking if the new state.json looks the same as the old one /? Happy to take a look myself if you share it too 😊

[Video-Nomad]

Yes, the persistedWindowLayouts list is now empty. That's really strange, because as I said, I changed nothing between updates and it was on "defaultProfile" for as long as I remember.

Here's the new state.json: state.json
And settings.json for reference: settings.json

I actually removed the firstWindowPreference option altogether from the settings.json, just in case 😅

Thank you for pointing to the right setting!