Powershell ISE - Choose script file when open a new window

Question

I'm trying to open a new Powershell ISE window providing my own script .ps1 file.

How can I accomplish that? Seems that the only way to open a new Powershell ISE window is with a blank script file, and not one one's may choose(ie start powershell_ise.exe -file "myfile.ps1" - That's not working).

Answer 1

Here is a few solutions:

1) Use ISE twice, the only downside is that you'll see extra untitled doc

ise; ise ".\test.ps1"

2) You can start it in admin mode (from non-admin mode), it will force to create a new ISE:

Start-Process powershell_ise -ArgumentList ".\test.ps1" -Verb RunAs

3) Run as different user

Start-Process powershell_ise -ArgumentList "-noprofile .\test.ps1" -Credential $cred

Method 2/3 only open new ISE once though (until you close it)

Answer 2

From inside powershell I run:

ise myfile.ps1

and it will open it.

Answer 3

Simply put, I don't think it's possible. I've done a quick Google and found the answer that campbell.rw posted but the same thing occurred. Similarly, I've just tried to start a new PowerShell ISE process using the following command...

Start-Process -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell_ise.exe -ArgumentList "-File .\testscript.ps1"

...but like you mentioned in the comments below the existing answer, instead of opening a new instance of PowerShell ISE it simply creates a new tab in the same instance with the script I specified in the 'ArgumentList' parameter.