How can I launch powershell.exe with the “default” colours from the PowerShell shortcut?

Question

I\'m attached to the nice blue colour of the PowerShell window when you launch it from one of the pre-installed shortcuts. However, if you manually launch powershell.exe, yo

Answer 1

Edit your profile script (pointed to by $profile) and set the desired colors yourself:

# set regular console colors
[console]::backgroundcolor = "darkmagenta"
[console]::foregroundcolor = "darkyellow"

# set special colors

$p = $host.privatedata

$p.ErrorForegroundColor    = "Red"
$p.ErrorBackgroundColor    = "Black"
$p.WarningForegroundColor  = "Yellow"
$p.WarningBackgroundColor  = "Black"
$p.DebugForegroundColor    = "Yellow"
$p.DebugBackgroundColor    = "Black"
$p.VerboseForegroundColor  = "Yellow"
$p.VerboseBackgroundColor  = "Black"
$p.ProgressForegroundColor = "Yellow"
$p.ProgressBackgroundColor = "DarkCyan"

# clear screen
clear-host