Understanding the Six PowerShell Profiles

re: Understanding the Six PowerShell Profiles

Knuckle-Dragger — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:16:29 GMT

Hi Paul Lynch, are you saying the "Current User, All Hosts" is the same file as the "Current User, Current Host - console" listed in the table.

$Home\[My ]Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Profile.ps1

Are they the same file or how does that work ?

re: Understanding the Six PowerShell Profiles

Paul Lynch — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:53:25 GMT

There's a typo in the table that lists the six profiles.

The Current User, All Hosts profile is actually found in $Home\[My ]Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Profile.ps1

re: Understanding the Six PowerShell Profiles

Rachel M — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:53:53 GMT

Oh, wow! I found exactly what I needed in your "Use a Central File to Simplify Your PowerShell Profile" blog. Thanks so much!

re: Understanding the Six PowerShell Profiles

Rachel M — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:57:24 GMT

Thank you for the article. Do you know of any way to add another location for your profile.ps1? I have a couple of computers that I jump around on, and it'd be beneficial to store my profile in the cloud. Any ideas on how to implement that?

re: Understanding the Six PowerShell Profiles

Ed Wilson — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:53:54 GMT

@Jeffrey S. Patton yes, you are correct about possibly linking one to the other in the profiles. In the article for the 23rd, I talk about using a central file for your profile. One way to get around problems of incompatable commands is to detect the host, and use an if statement. Of course, my preference is to actually use a module (or several modules) for a profile.

re: Understanding the Six PowerShell Profiles

Jeffrey S. Patton — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:10:15 GMT

Nice explanation. You could possibly also create a static link from one to the other, althoguh i know i have different things in my console profile than my ise profile.