Just figured out how to get back; check out this lovely UX:
Go to a folder and open Cursor in this folder/project
Open The Cursor Agents Window
You now have a Cursor Editor window & and a Cursor Agents Window
Close both windows
Right click in File Explorer > Open Cursor Here in the original folder/project
A Cursor Agents Window Opens, No Cursor Editor window opens
You’re now stuck, congrats
Click FIle > Open Cursor Editor Window
This creates a blank editor window.
If you try to open the folder/project you already have open in the cursor agents window, it does nothing (just focuses the agent window you already have open.
Close the EXISTING Cursor Agent Window
Open the project/folder again via the Editor Window
Hey, I can see you’ve already figured it out, but there’s an easier way than closing all the windows.
From the Agents Window, you can get back to the Editor via File > Open Cursor Editor Window, or Ctrl+Shift+N on Windows. That should open the Editor window. The issue is that it may open without your project context. If that happens, just open your folder from the new Editor window.
Totally get the UX feedback. Switching between the Agents Window and the Editor isn’t obvious right now. The team is aware, and a few users have already reported it. Your report helps with prioritization.
I’m experiencing the same thing when opening workspaces (containing multiple repos). Last week I had one window showing the agents view and another showing the workspace to view the code and git. Now I can only open the agent view.
When I follow the instruction to “just open your folder from the new Editor window” it just brings the agent window to the front again and doesn’t open the workspace.
Did something change in the latest release to affect this behaviour, or am I missing something?
Hey, this is a known issue. If the Agents Window is already open with a project or workspace, trying to open the same project in the Editor Window just focuses the Agents Window again.
Workaround for workspaces:
Fully close the Agents Window, don’t just minimize it
Reopen Cursor, it should open the Editor Window
Open your workspace from the Editor Window
If Cursor still opens in the Agents Window, try launching it from Terminal:
cursor --classic
Also, can you share your Cursor version and OS? I want to make sure this isn’t a regression from the latest update.
The team is aware of the issue. There’s no ETA for a fix yet, but your report helps with prioritization.
Thanks for the info. Version 3.0.16 on macOS confirms it’s the same known bug with the Agents Window. You don’t need to do anything else, the workaround from the post above should help.
Thanks for the macOS command, it’s useful for anyone who runs into this thread.
Quick note: cursor --classic didn’t work in Terminal because the cursor CLI isn’t installed in PATH. If you install it via Command Palette Cmd+Shift+P > Shell Command: Install ‘cursor’ command in PATH, then cursor --classic will work too. But your option open /Applications/Cursor.app --args --classic is nice because it doesn’t require installing the CLI and works right away.
The Agents Window issue is being tracked. Once there’s an update on the fix, I’ll reply in the thread.
