In the past I've talked about different ways to customize your PowerShell prompt. (Examples are here and here.) Well, here's a new one: (When you copy this, make sure that all the quotes are straight ...

On Jan. 17, 2018, Microsoft's Scott Hanselman asked Visual Studio developers if they would like a PowerShell prompt with pre-set PATH and Environment variables baked right into the IDE. They said yes.

As a Windows 11 user, there might be times when you want to execute a Command Prompt action directly in a specific folder, ...

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...

Clone this repository to your local machine. Open your Powershell profile file. You can do this by running the following command in your Powershell terminal. Show ...

Windows Terminal has a hidden feature called "Quake mode" that turns it into a global drop-down console, saving you precious seconds and mouse clicks.

Windows 8.1 brought a few changes to the handy Win+X menu, including a new Shut Down option and the addition of PowerShell shortcuts. If you're more of a command prompt user, though, you can bring the ...

Microsoft has made security changes to one of the most popular tools bundled with Windows installations, and now users must ...