In this blog post, I will show you how to create a PowerShell profile and configure how PowerShell start and where.
Profiles
PowerShell profiles are great for configuring PowerShell to take actions when we start the PowerShell console or ISE.
A profile is a PowerShell script that we can run PowerShell cmdlets that can do, for example:
- Load modules
- Change directory
- Run script or cmdlets
- Change Execution Policy
For a PowerShell profile to work, we need first to set the execution policy.
In my case and for simplicity, I will set it to unrestricted using the following cmdlet.
set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Create a Profile
To create a PowerShell profile, I will run the following cmdlet.
new-item $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts -ItemType file –Force
The cmdlet will create a profile.ps1 script in the following directory.
$home\"My Documents\windowspowershell"
From here, we can edit the script by adding cmdlet to it and save it.
When PowerShell starts the cmdlets in the script will run
ISE Profile
To set up a PowerShell profile for the ISE console, I will run the following cmdlets.
new-item $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts -ItemType file -Force
cd $home\"My Documents\windowspowershell"
New-Item -ItemType file microsoft.powershell.ise_profile.ps1 -Force
Edit Profile
To start PowerShell in the c:\ drive every time it starts, I will add the following cmdlet.
cd c:\
