WindowsPowerShell.md

WindowsPowerShell

Note that Windows PowerShell is not the same thing as PowerShell Core, for more information see:

About PowerShell Editions

How to open Windows PowerShell

1. Right click on the Task bar and select Taskbar settings
2. Enable Replace Command Prompt with Windows Powershell in the menu when I right click the start button
3. Right click on start button in Windows
4. Click Windows Powershell (Admin) to open Powershell as Administrator
5. If prompted for password, enter Administrator password and click Yes to continue

How to open Windows PowerShell in target folder

Most likely you want to open Windows PowerShell directly in some folder so that the prompt points to exactly that directory, for example:

Here is how:

1. Go to desired directory by using Windows explorer
2. Click on File in top left explorer window
3. To open PowerShell as standard user click on Open Windows PowerShell
4. To open it as Administrator, in step 3 hover your mouse over Open Windows PowerShell and then
   select Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator

Right click "Open Windows PowerShell here" context menu

1. To add context menu on right click for "Windows PowerShell" for standard user see:

   Open PowerShell window here

2. To add context menu on right click for "Windows PowerShell as Administrator" see:

   Open PowerShell window here as Administrator