Where does Windows PowerShell set $profile?

Question

I would like to move my default \"My Documents\\WindowsPowerShell\" folder. However, when I try this, PowerShell of course can\'t find $profile. Is there a file or something

Answer 1

You could use junction.exe from Sysinternals to make the WindowsPowershell directory a symbolic link to another location (but not a network drive).

You could do this if you wanted to store the profile scripts at C:\POSH

junction.exe "$HOME\Documents\WindowsPowerShell" 'C:\POSH'

Answer 2

What I can suggest is that you dot source the file having the content of your profile in the file $profile.AllUsersAllHosts

$profile.AllUsersAllHosts is something like C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1

Related question: Is it possible to change the default value of $profile to a new value?

Answer 3

As far as i know you can't do that. The user profile location is always under 'My Documents\WindowsPowerShell' and your only option is to relocate your documents folder (folder redirection).

Answer 4

By default $Profile/$Home/$PSModulePath are all within the registry... normally under

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment for User environment variables
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment for System environment variables
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\User Shell Folders

and elsewhere!