In this Wednesday blog post, I will show how to view your PowerShell environment variables and understand why they are so important.
PowerShell Environment Variables
By default, PowerShell is using environment variables to store information about the operating system version, paths, system configurations and more.
These variables tell PowerShell where things are located and which default values to use. for example, the temp folder location is configured in the environment variables.
How To View Your Environment Variables
To view your environment variables with PowerShell 7, open you the console and type the following cmdlet.
Get-ChildItem -Path Env:\
If you look at the output, you will see all your system environment variables that PowerShell will use without asking you to provide any input about them.
You can also access specific environment using the following cmdlet.
$Env:windir
To view you PATH variables type the following cmdlet.
$env:Path
Add Item to the PATH variables I will use the following cmdlet
$Env:Path += ";c:\ssh"