Powershell Profiles

Todo

• Link to helpful articles about setting up profiles
• Document helpful snippets
  • Automatic transcription (logging)
• Demo example full Powershell profile

A Powershell profile is a .ps1 file, which does not exist by default but is expected at C:\Users\<username>\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1, is a file that is "sourced"/loaded each time a Powershell session is opened. You can use a profile to customize your Powershell session. Functions declared in your profile are accessible to your whole session. You can set variables with default values, customize your session's colors (by editing a function Prompt {} section), split behavior between regular/elevated prompts, and more.

Profile Snippets

Useful Params

At the top of your Powershell script, below your docstring, you can declare param() to enable passing -Args to your script, our switches.

<#
    Description: Example script with params

    Usage:
        ...
#>

param(
    ## Enable transcription, like ~/.bashhistory
    [bool]$Transcript = $True,
    [bool]$ClearNewSession = $True
)

How-tos

How to: switches

How to: try/catch

How to: case statements