[BugFix] Open Init windows telemetry not capturing the true default template (#15011)

anupriya13 · web-flow · commit 0257055031f0 · 2025-08-05T09:27:44.000Z
* [BugFix] Open Init windows telemetry not capturing the true default template

* Change files
diff --git a/change/@react-native-windows-cli-82554c64-39d4-4d16-9e5e-8bafdb95812b.json b/change/@react-native-windows-cli-82554c64-39d4-4d16-9e5e-8bafdb95812b.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "[BugFix] Open Init windows telemetry not capturing the true default template",
+  "packageName": "@react-native-windows/cli",
+  "email": "54227869+anupriya13@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/initWindows/initWindowsOptions.ts b/packages/@react-native-windows/cli/src/commands/initWindows/initWindowsOptions.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const initOptions: CommandOption[] = [
   {
     name: '--template [string]',
     description: 'Specify the template to use',
-    default: undefined,
+    default: 'old/uwp-cpp-app',
   },
   {
     name: '--name [string]',

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const initOptions: CommandOption[] = [`
`24`	`24`	`{`
`25`	`25`	`name: '--template [string]',`
`26`	`26`	`description: 'Specify the template to use',`
`27`		`- default: undefined,`
	`27`	`+ default: 'old/uwp-cpp-app',`
`28`	`28`	`},`
`29`	`29`	`{`
`30`	`30`	`name: '--name [string]',`