Revisiting the PowerShell Profile

I’ve posted about the PowerShell profile before but I didn’t really go in depth on it, so I wanted to revisit the subject to make sure that I address some of the points that I may have missed.

To find your PowerShell profile location, you can use PowerShell to list it.

This will bring back the directory %UserProfile%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell.  … Continue reading

How to setup a PowerShell profile and load the PowerCLI Snapin.

My PowerShell profile has been the most used script that I have wrote, and its not really a script.  The PowerShell profile runs every time that PowerShell ISE is opened. With this profile you can customize it to your needs.  It can load frequently used snap ins, functions or even custom properties.  When I help others with scripts, I forget that not everybody has a PowerShell profile setup and customized like myself.… Continue reading