In VSCode, I opened a folder with subfolders, each with several python scripts.
I have the setting "python.terminal.executeInFileDir": true but no other settings.
When I run a python file (keybinding to python.execInDedicatedTerminal), it runs

PS C:/mainfolder > cd C:/mainfolder/subfolder1
PS C:/mainfoldersubfolder> & python.exe C:/mainfolder/subfolder1/script1.exe

For each script, a Terminal is opened. If I run a previously run script, it jumps back to the Terminal belonging to that.
The name of the terminals are "Python: script1 subfolder1" (with the last bit in grey), "Python: script2 subfolder1", "Python: script3 subfolder2" etc.

On my Mac, I have the keybinding set to python.execInTerminal-icon and it opens a (separate) terminal directly with

python /Users/mainfolder/subfolder1/script1.py
berry@MacBookAir subfolder1 % python /Users/mainfolder/subfolder1/script1.py

Unlike the windows variant, later calls to python.exec do not repeat the first line.

When I run subfolder1/script2.py, it uses the same terminal and only opens a new one for subfolder2.
The terminal titles are "zsh subfolder1", "zsh subfolder2" etc.
No settings are changed beyond "python.terminal.executeInFileDir": true.

How can I get the same behaviour on my Windows computer (open one terminal per subfolder, not per file)?
I cannot use python.execInTerminal-icon on Windows, because it does not work while I'm in a REPL (it tries cd within the >>> REPL) and it does not open a new terminal in the first place.
The python extension version is 2025.16.0 on both computers.
It is also not solely an OS-issue: a student of mine has the same behaviour (cd first, separate terminal per script instead of subfolder) on his Mac.