Chapter 1. Windows PowerShell Quick Reference
Getting Started
To launch Windows PowerShell, select Start→All Programs→Windows
PowerShell 1.0→Windows PowerShell. Another option is to select
Start→Run, then type "powershell".
The PowerShell console window and command line prompt will appear as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1-1. Windows PowerShell console window
To use PowerShell you enter a command. This can be a program (such as ipconfig,) a PowerShell cmdlet (such as Get-Process,) or even a simple expression:
PS >5*5 + 2 27
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