Why Launch-VsDevShell.ps1 set my working directory to source\repos

Question

Why my working directory is modified by Launch-VsDevShell.ps1 and how can we prevent this from happening?

I'm writting a script building a C++ programm and I need MSVC on Windows.
MSVC tools (cl.exe, ...) are not definded in PATH by default and you need to execute Launch-VsDevShell.ps1 to get this tools.
After executting Launch-VsDevShell.ps1 in my script the current working directory is defined to C:\Users\USERNAME\source\repos .
I just want Launch-VsDevShell.ps1 to add environement variable, not to change my pwd.

Answer 1

You need to use -SkipAutomaticLocation

$vsWhere = "${Env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe"   
$vsInstallationPath = & $vsWhere -products * -latest -property installationPath
& "${vsInstallationPath}\Common7\Tools\Launch-VsDevShell.ps1" -Arch amd64 -SkipAutomaticLocation

Doc: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/reference/command-prompt-powershell?view=vs-2022#skipautomaticlocation