Use PowerShell for Visual Studio Command Prompt

Question

In a serious intiative to migrate all my command line operations to PowerShell, I would like to avoid using the old fashioned command console for anything. However, the Visual

Answer 1

What I do is create a simple cmd batch command script that looks like this:

call "%VS80COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat"
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Then I create a shortcut that invokes this through cmd. The shortcut target looks like:

%windir%\System32\cmd.exe /k "SetupPSBuildEnvironment.cmd"

If you want the console to look like the powershell console, just modify the Layout to your liking in the shortcut properties.