diff --git a/src/interactive-window/helpers.ts b/src/interactive-window/helpers.ts
index 82e2f06ded2..b75d82de99b 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/helpers.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ import { NotebookCell } from 'vscode';
 import { dedentCode, splitLines } from '../platform/common/helpers';
 import { IJupyterSettings } from '../platform/common/types';
 import { appendLineFeed, removeLinesFromFrontAndBackNoConcat } from '../platform/common/utils';
-import { isUri } from '../platform/common/utils/misc';
 import { uncommentMagicCommands } from './editor-integration/cellFactory';
 import { CellMatcher } from './editor-integration/cellMatcher';
 import { InteractiveCellMetadata } from './editor-integration/types';
-import { InteractiveTab } from './types';
 
 export function getInteractiveCellMetadata(cell: NotebookCell): InteractiveCellMetadata | undefined {
     if (cell.metadata.interactive !== undefined) {
@@ -38,13 +36,3 @@ export function generateInteractiveCode(code: string, settings: IJupyterSettings
 
     return dedentCode(withMagicsAndLinefeeds.join(''));
 }
-
-export function isInteractiveInputTab(tab: unknown): tab is InteractiveTab {
-    let interactiveTab = tab as InteractiveTab;
-    return (
-        interactiveTab &&
-        interactiveTab.input &&
-        isUri(interactiveTab.input.uri) &&
-        isUri(interactiveTab.input.inputBoxUri)
-    );
-}
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/interactiveWindow.ts b/src/interactive-window/interactiveWindow.ts
index e201db71ca8..0a16901bfef 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/interactiveWindow.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/interactiveWindow.ts
@@ -39,13 +39,8 @@ import { INotebookExporter } from '../kernels/jupyter/types';
 import { ExportFormat } from '../notebooks/export/types';
 import { generateCellsFromNotebookDocument } from './editor-integration/cellFactory';
 import { CellMatcher } from './editor-integration/cellMatcher';
-import {
-    IInteractiveWindow,
-    IInteractiveWindowDebugger,
-    IInteractiveWindowDebuggingManager,
-    InteractiveTab
-} from './types';
-import { generateInteractiveCode, isInteractiveInputTab } from './helpers';
+import { IInteractiveWindow, IInteractiveWindowDebugger, IInteractiveWindowDebuggingManager } from './types';
+import { generateInteractiveCode } from './helpers';
 import { getInteractiveCellMetadata } from './helpers';
 import { getFilePath } from '../platform/common/platform/fs-paths';
 import {
@@ -120,7 +115,7 @@ export class InteractiveWindow implements IInteractiveWindow {
         private readonly serviceContainer: IServiceContainer,
         private _owner: Resource,
         private readonly controllerFactory: InteractiveControllerFactory,
-        notebookEditorOrTab: NotebookEditor | InteractiveTab,
+        notebookEditorOrTabInput: NotebookEditor | TabInputNotebook | TabInputInteractiveWindow,
         public readonly inputUri: Uri
     ) {
         this.fs = this.serviceContainer.get<IFileSystem>(IFileSystem);
@@ -135,9 +130,11 @@ export class InteractiveWindow implements IInteractiveWindow {
         this.debuggingManager = this.serviceContainer.get<IInteractiveWindowDebuggingManager>(
             IInteractiveWindowDebuggingManager
         );
-        this.notebookUri = isInteractiveInputTab(notebookEditorOrTab)
-            ? notebookEditorOrTab.input.uri
-            : notebookEditorOrTab.notebook.uri;
+        this.notebookUri =
+            notebookEditorOrTabInput instanceof TabInputInteractiveWindow ||
+            notebookEditorOrTabInput instanceof TabInputNotebook
+                ? notebookEditorOrTabInput.uri
+                : notebookEditorOrTabInput.notebook.uri;
 
         // Set our owner and first submitter
         if (this._owner) {
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/interactiveWindowProvider.ts b/src/interactive-window/interactiveWindowProvider.ts
index 63bace765e8..b4ef8e1479c 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/interactiveWindowProvider.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/interactiveWindowProvider.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
     NotebookControllerAffinity,
     NotebookDocument,
     NotebookEditor,
+    TabInputInteractiveWindow,
+    TabInputNotebook,
     Uri,
     ViewColumn,
     commands,
@@ -48,14 +50,12 @@ import {
     IInteractiveWindow,
     IInteractiveWindowCache,
     IInteractiveWindowProvider,
-    INativeInteractiveWindow,
-    InteractiveTab
+    INativeInteractiveWindow
 } from './types';
 import { getInteractiveWindowTitle } from './identity';
 import { createDeferred } from '../platform/common/utils/async';
 import { getDisplayPath } from '../platform/common/platform/fs-paths';
 import { IVSCodeNotebookController } from '../notebooks/controllers/types';
-import { isInteractiveInputTab } from './helpers';
 import { sendTelemetryEvent } from '../telemetry';
 import { InteractiveControllerFactory } from './InteractiveWindowController';
 import { NotebookInteractiveWindow } from './notebookInteractiveWindow';
@@ -116,11 +116,12 @@ export class InteractiveWindowProvider implements IInteractiveWindowProvider, IE
 
     private restoreWindows() {
         // VS Code controls if interactive windows are restored.
-        const interactiveWindowMapping = new Map<string, InteractiveTab>();
+        const interactiveWindowMapping = new Map<string, TabInputInteractiveWindow | TabInputNotebook>();
         window.tabGroups.all.forEach((group) => {
             group.tabs.forEach((tab) => {
-                if (isInteractiveInputTab(tab) && tab.input.uri) {
-                    interactiveWindowMapping.set(tab.input.uri.toString(), tab);
+                const input = tab.input;
+                if (input instanceof TabInputInteractiveWindow || input instanceof TabInputNotebook) {
+                    interactiveWindowMapping.set(input.uri.toString(), input);
                 }
             });
         });
@@ -130,21 +131,30 @@ export class InteractiveWindowProvider implements IInteractiveWindowProvider, IE
                 return;
             }
 
-            const tab = interactiveWindowMapping.get(iw.uriString);
+            const tabInput = interactiveWindowMapping.get(iw.uriString);
 
-            if (!tab) {
+            if (!tabInput) {
                 return;
             }
 
-            const mode = this.configService.getSettings(tab.input.uri).interactiveWindowMode;
-
-            const result = new InteractiveWindow(
-                this.serviceContainer,
-                Uri.parse(iw.owner),
-                new InteractiveControllerFactory(this.controllerHelper, mode),
-                tab,
-                Uri.parse(iw.inputBoxUriString)
-            );
+            const mode = this.configService.getSettings(tabInput.uri).interactiveWindowMode;
+
+            const result =
+                tabInput instanceof TabInputInteractiveWindow
+                    ? new InteractiveWindow(
+                          this.serviceContainer,
+                          Uri.parse(iw.owner),
+                          new InteractiveControllerFactory(this.controllerHelper, mode),
+                          tabInput,
+                          Uri.parse(iw.inputBoxUriString)
+                      )
+                    : new NotebookInteractiveWindow(
+                          this.serviceContainer,
+                          Uri.parse(iw.owner),
+                          new InteractiveControllerFactory(this.controllerHelper, mode),
+                          tabInput,
+                          Uri.parse(iw.inputBoxUriString)
+                      );
 
             result.notifyConnectionReset().catch(noop);
 
@@ -315,7 +325,7 @@ export class InteractiveWindowProvider implements IInteractiveWindowProvider, IE
 
         const editor = await window.showNotebookDocument(notebookDocument, {
             // currently, to set the controller, we need to focus the editor
-            preserveFocus: !!controller ? true : preserveFocus,
+            preserveFocus: !!controller ? false : preserveFocus,
             viewColumn,
             asRepl: title
         });
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/types.ts b/src/interactive-window/types.ts
index ba647ed52f3..437310d13d6 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/types.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/types.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import {
-    Disposable,
-    Event,
-    NotebookCell,
-    NotebookController,
-    NotebookDocument,
-    NotebookEditor,
-    Tab,
-    Uri
-} from 'vscode';
+import { Disposable, Event, NotebookCell, NotebookController, NotebookDocument, NotebookEditor, Uri } from 'vscode';
 import { IDebuggingManager } from '../notebooks/debugger/debuggingTypes';
 import { IKernel, KernelConnectionMetadata } from '../kernels/types';
 import { Resource, InteractiveWindowMode } from '../platform/common/types';
@@ -117,15 +108,6 @@ export interface IInteractiveWindowCache {
     inputBoxUriString: string;
 }
 
-export interface TabInputInteractiveWindow {
-    readonly uri: Uri;
-    readonly inputBoxUri: Uri;
-}
-
-export interface InteractiveTab extends Tab {
-    readonly input: TabInputInteractiveWindow;
-}
-
 export const IInteractiveWindowDebuggingManager = Symbol('IInteractiveWindowDebuggingManager');
 export interface IInteractiveWindowDebuggingManager extends IDebuggingManager {
     start(notebook: NotebookDocument, cell: NotebookCell): Promise<void>;