Is it possible to change the default value of $profile to a new value?

Question

So I would rather not create my profile file here:

C:\\Users\\fmerrow\\Documents\\WindowsPowerShell\\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

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Answer 1

The only thing I can think of is "dot sourcing" your profile at the powershell invocation.

For example:

powershell -noprofile -noexit -command "invoke-expression '. ''C:\My profile location\profile.ps1''' "

By changing the script that invoke-expression command points to you can place your "profile" anywhere you'd like. Then, create shortcut that launches PowerShell and set the target to the above command.