PowerShell 设置要打开的文件夹

Question

My teacher gave me this instruction : "To set-up the default folder for PowerShell to open in, right click the PowerShell icon in the tool tray and select Properties. In the Properties dialog box and in the Start in: text box enter the path to the new directory “C:\\Users\\Administrator\\MyScripts”, then click OK."

However when I go into the properties tab I do not see what he is talking about :( .

This is what I see:

How do II Do what he wants?

Answer 1

Your teacher is asking you to change the properties of the executable . You are currently looking at the PowerShell console properties.

As you can partially see mine is located:

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

Answer 2

By "tool tray" I assume your teacher meant the Windows taskbar and by "to set-up" I assume he/she meant "to set up" ¹ :

If you:

• right-click the PowerShell icon in the taskbar, you get a shortcut menu,
• in which you can right-click the first entry in the last section to edit the properties of the shortcut file that started the application :

The resulting dialog will show you the desired Start in: field, which determines that shortcut file's startup folder:

Enter the desired startup folder ( C:\\Users\\Administrator\\MyScripts in your case), and click OK .

To determine the shortcut file's own location, switch to the General tab of the dialog and inspect the Location: field.

If you haven't yet pinned PowerShell to your taskbar, the Location: field probably contains C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Accessories\\Windows PowerShell .

The shortcut file's own name is Windows PowerShell.lnk , though the .lnk extension is typically hidden.

In other words: by default, the shortcut file's full path is C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Accessories\\Windows PowerShell\\Windows PowerShell.lnk .

In general, shortcut files ( *.lnk ) store properties such as executable location, startup folder, initial window state, and shortcut key.

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As for what you've tried:

As Matt states in his answer , you've invoked the Properties dialog for the open PowerShell console window via its system menu (windows menu), which allows you to persistently change window properties, but not the startup folder.

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^{1 "To set up" is a phrasal verb - no punctuation needed, and not to be confused with the noun derived from it, "setup".}