By Eric Harlan
Published: August 2, 2010
Updated: August 2, 2010
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Tired of switching PowerShell windows between the main console, SharePoint and Fast? Here’s a quick way to combine all the consoles to one.

- Open the main powershell console and type “$profile” (no quotes) view the location of the profile. Chances are it will be in User\Profile\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell.profile.ps1 but the following steps you will follow the location of the profile path. In my case it was the above so the steps are as follows.

 (there is a powershell console for SharePoint, one for Fast and one for Windows itself)

- Go to your machine > Start > Computer > MyDocuments (documents)

- Create a new folder in this folder called “WindowsPowerShell” (no quotes)

- Add a new text file and name it “Microsoft.PowerShell.profile.ps1” (no quotes)

- Open this file (it will be blank) and add the following lines)

- “add-pssnapin “Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell” (no quotes)

- if you’re using fast add “add-pssnapin “Microsoft.FastSearch.PowerShell”

- Save

- Close previous PowerShell console

- Open Main “Windows” console (there is a powershell console for SharePoint, one for Fast and one for Windows itself)

- type “get-command get-sp*” (no quotes)

- Hit “enter” 

 

You should see all the “SP” commandlets load. There ya go. Enjoy.

Ref: "RO" Fox 

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