How to have a command run when opening PowerShell?

RebornJumpman · 23 Feb 2021

Hi there everyone. I did a quick search of the forums but didn't see anything covering this. I recently found this program called winfetch that displays the Windows logo in ASCII along with system info. It's a single command to run, and I was wanting to configure PS 7 to run it automatically when first opened. In Linux and WSL you can do this by editing the bashrc file in the home directory, but I'm new to PowerShell and am not sure of how to get this to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Try3 · 23 Feb 2021

I use shortcuts of my own making when opening command windows and powershell windows. For example,

Code:

%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /k "(cd /d D:\Desktop) & (Title PS) & (powershell)"

- This opens a powershell window, changes its current path to D:\Desktop and sets the TitleBar to start with PS.

Perhaps

Code:

%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /k "("C:\WHATEVER\winfetch") & (powershell)"

can do what you want?

Or perhaps you could start with the standard PS call

Code:

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

and tailor that to your needs? Possibly something like

Code:

%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe &"C:\WHATEVER\winfetch"

- If you end up needing multiple commands then you add a ; to the powershell command [rather than the & you would add for cmd window commands]. See Execute multiple Powershell commands on one line | Thomas' Miniblog

Best of luck,
Denis

RebornJumpman · 23 Feb 2021

Thanks Dennis. I'll give it a shot and let you know how it works out.

kreemoweet · 26 Feb 2021

That's what the Powershell profile folder(s) are for. They contain scripts that are executed automatically when Powershell
starts. The profiles for your version of Powershell are discussed here:
PowerShell 7 Profile Paths and Locations - Ridicurious

RebornJumpman · 03 Mar 2021

kreemoweet said:

That's what the Powershell profile folder(s) are for. They contain scripts that are executed automatically when Powershell
starts. The profiles for your version of Powershell are discussed here:
PowerShell 7 Profile Paths and Locations - Ridicurious

Thanks everyone for helping. I got it sorted out by using the profile scripting feature. Other sources that helped are linked below. Basically ran notepad $PROFILE and created the profile.ps1 script and added winfetch to that. Now it runs in as desired in the normal PS window, PS7, and in Windows Terminal.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...powershell-7.1