PowerShell: Profile (init file)

What is PowerShell Profile

PowerShell profile are files PowerShell loads when starting up. It can contain your own functions, alias, or other customization.

Profile Location

All Users, All Hosts

$PSHOME\Profile.ps1

All Users, Current Host

$PSHOME\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

Current User, All Hosts

$Home\Documents\PowerShell\Profile.ps1

Current user, Current Host

$Home\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

Just create the file, and add Function or Alias or other PowerShell code to the file.

Profile Path Variable

Profile paths are stored in the variable $PROFILE. In particular, in the NoteProperty.

To list profile paths, do

$PROFILE | Get-Member -Type NoteProperty | Format-List

Start PowerShell Without Loading Profile

pwsh -NoProfile

Show PowerShell Command-Line Options

pwsh -h

or

pwsh -?