Professional Windows® PowerShell

1.2. Starting and Stopping PowerShell

Once you have installed Windows PowerShell, you have several options for starting it.

1.2.1. Starting PowerShell

To start PowerShell without using any profile file to customize its behavior, open a command window (On Windows 2003, select Start All Programs Accessories Command Prompt), then type:

%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoProfile

After a short pause, the Windows PowerShell prompt should appear (see Figure 1-7).

Figure 1.7. Figure 1-7

If you are still using a Release Candidate and attempt to start PowerShell by simply typing PowerShell.exe at the command shell prompt, you may see the error message shown in Figure 1-8. To fix that, update to the final release version.

Figure 1.8. Figure 1-8

Alternatively, you can start PowerShell by selecting Start All Programs Windows PowerShell 1.0 Windows PowerShell (see ...