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Creating a PowerShell Profile

As you create various aliases and functions, you may decide you like a particular key stroke combination and wish you could use your definition without always having to create it.

Tip

I recommend reviewing the listing of all the aliases defined within Windows PowerShell before creating very many new aliases. The reason is that it will be easy, early on, to create duplicate settings (with slight variations).

Of course, you could create your own script that would perform your configuration if you remembered to run it; however, what if you wish to have a more standardized method of working with your profile? To do this, you need to create a custom profile that will hold your settings. The really useful feature of creating ...