How do I change my default home directory to "C:\Users\khornsby" for every time I open powershell?
I am running Windows 7. Below is info about the state of my environment.
Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS P:\> cd ~ PS P:\> echo $HOME P:\ PS P:\> HOME="C:\Users\khornsby" The term 'HOME=C:\Users\khornsby' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:25 + HOME="C:\Users\khornsby" PS P:\> Set-Variable HOME "C:\Users\khornsby" Set-Variable : Cannot overwrite variable HOME because it is read-only or constant. At line:1 char:13 + Set-Variable PS P:\> dir env:home* Name Value ---- ----- HOMEPATH \ HOMEDRIVE P: HOMESHARE \\fileserv\khornsby$ PS P:\>
Best Answer
The variable is read only by default, but can be removed with the
-Force
switch to Remove-Variable. To make your change persistent across sessions, you can make a profile file which is much like a.bashrc
(For bash on Linux) except for Powershell.In your Documents directory (normally
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME_HERE\documents
) for your user account, create a WindowsPowerShell folder (named exactly like that) if one does not already exist. Inside the folder, create a text file called profile.ps1 (ensure it's not profile.ps1.txt).Inside the file, place anything you want executed when you open Powershell.
example:
result: