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 in Windows 10

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 Windows 11

1. Click on start button
2. Type Windows PowerShell into search box
3. Right click on Windows PowerShell and either run it normally or as Administrator

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.

Windows 10

Example screenshot for Windows 10

Here is how:

1. Go to desired directory by using Windows explorer (selecting some directory does the same)
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

Windows 11

Unfortunately there is no default way like in Windows 10, one solution is to follow steps explained in section
Right click "Open Windows Terminal as Administrator" context menu for Windows 11 see Windows Terminal

Right click "Open Windows PowerShell here" context menu in Windows 10

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