Powershell: $profile is pointing to a path that I can't find and setting permanent path

Question

I am looking at my $profile variable and I see that it is pointing to C:\users\username\Documents\windowsPowershell\Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1

However, when I attempt to browse to this directory I cannot find the folder/directory named WindowsPowerShell that is supposed to be in the documents folder. Any ideas?

I was hoping I could set a permanent path that is linked to my profile or at least loaded with it when Powershell is loaded. Am I on the right track here?

thanks!

-Dustin

Answer 1

What you see for the path is right. It is the path for your user profile (for the console host) and it is normal to not see the folder and the file. You can create it and start using your profile - new-item -type file -path $profile -force

See here for more: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315342.aspx

Answer 2

This is the case when you mistakenly delete your profile file.

You can manually create the "Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1" at the location of your profile.

1. execute $profile in cmd/powershell and you will get the location of your profile.
2. Create the subsequent folders and the file.

In my case, it was "D:\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1"

3. So, I manually create the "WindowsPowerShell" folder inside Documents and the "Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1" file in WindowsPowerShell.

4. Then pasted the content in the profile.

   Import-Module posh-git

   Import-Module oh-my-posh

   Set-PoshPrompt -Theme Paradox

Hope this resolves your issue. :)