How to launch PowerShell not a script from the command line

Question

I am new to PowerShell and am struggling with what I assume should be a simple operation mdash I am trying to launch a PowesShell window from the command line     If I launch a command line instance and type either powershell or start powershell  I am getting a PowerShell instance within the command line interface  i e  the typical black background with white text  What I would like is for the typical PowerShell interface to launch mdash blue background with white text  I am running Windows nbsp XP with PowerShell 2 0 installed

User · Accepted Answer

Set the default console colors and fonts:

http://poshcode.org/2220
From Windows PowerShell Cookbook (O'Reilly)
by Lee Holmes (http://www.leeholmes.com/guide)

Set-StrictMode -Version Latest

Push-Location
Set-Location HKCU:\Console
New-Item '.\%SystemRoot%_system32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe'
Set-Location '.\%SystemRoot%_system32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe'

New-ItemProperty . ColorTable00 -type DWORD -value 0x00562401
New-ItemProperty . ColorTable07 -type DWORD -value 0x00f0edee
New-ItemProperty . FaceName -type STRING -value "Lucida Console"
New-ItemProperty . FontFamily -type DWORD -value 0x00000036
New-ItemProperty . FontSize -type DWORD -value 0x000c0000
New-ItemProperty . FontWeight -type DWORD -value 0x00000190
New-ItemProperty . HistoryNoDup -type DWORD -value 0x00000000
New-ItemProperty . QuickEdit -type DWORD -value 0x00000001
New-ItemProperty . ScreenBufferSize -type DWORD -value 0x0bb80078
New-ItemProperty . WindowSize -type DWORD -value 0x00320078
Pop-Location

User · Answer

If you go to C  Windows system32 Windowspowershell v1 0  and C  Windows syswow64 Windowspowershell v1 0 on x64 machines  in Windows Explorer and double-click powershell exe you will see that it opens PowerShell with a black background  The PowerShell console shows up as blue when opened from the start menu because the console properties for shortcuts to powershell exe can be set independently from the default properties   To set the default options  font  colors and layout  open a PowerShell console  type Alt-Space  and select the Defaults menu option   Running start powershell from cmd exe should start a new console with your default settings

User · Answer

The color and window sizing are defined by the shortcut LNK file  I think I found a way that will do what you need  try this   explorer exe  Windows PowerShell lnk    The LNK file is in the all user start menu which is located in different places depending whether your on XP or Windows 7  In 7 the LNK file is here   C  ProgramData Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Accessories Windows PowerShell

[powershell] How to launch PowerShell (not a script) from the command line

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