How to reload user profile from script file in PowerShell

Question

I want to reload my user profile from a script file. I thought that dot sourcing it from within the script file would do the trick, but it doesn\'t work:

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Answer 1

So, the approach that you marked as the answer may work inside the Powershell command prompt, but it doesn't work inside PowerShell ISE (which, to me, provides a superior PowerShell session) and probably won't work right in other PowerShell environments.

Here's a script that I have been using for a while, and it has worked very well for me in every environment. I simply put this function into my Profile.ps1 at ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell, and whenever I want to reload my profile, I dot-source the function, i.e.

. Reload-Profile

Here's the function:

function Reload-Profile {
    @(
        $Profile.AllUsersAllHosts,
        $Profile.AllUsersCurrentHost,
        $Profile.CurrentUserAllHosts,
        $Profile.CurrentUserCurrentHost
    ) | % {
        if(Test-Path $_){
            Write-Verbose "Running $_"
            . $_
        }
    }    
}