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Can Console2 be used with Powershell?

I'm a big Console2 fan, and I've recently been introduced to the power of PowerShell. Is it possible to have the latter (aka the PowerShell interpretive shell) inside the former?

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user456584 Avatar asked Oct 18 '11 06:10

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2 Answers

In Console2 settings, set the shell to:

%SystemRoot%\syswow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Because for something this simple a blog post is not an answer.

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nathanchere Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 14:09

nathanchere


Yeah, that is what I use. ( Update - Nowadays, I use ConEmu)

Refer to this excellent post from Scott Hanselman - http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Console2ABetterWindowsCommandPrompt.aspx

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manojlds Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 14:09

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