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

The correct way to do this is with the Registry

cd hkcu:/console
$0 = '%systemroot%_system32_windowspowershell_v1.0_powershell.exe'
ni $0 -f
sp $0 ColorTable00 0x00562401
sp $0 ColorTable07 0x00f0edee

Answer 2

I found it very useful to use concfg tool and scoop to install colors and fonts for Powershell:

1. Install scoop:

   iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://get.scoop.sh')
   

2. Install concfg:

   scoop install concfg
   

3. Install Solarized theme:

   concfg import solarized
   

That's it, thanks to the authors!

Answer 3

This was my solution (setting the colors in a script that launches as system). May be more than you need (see my own answer):

https://superuser.com/questions/891519/using-psexec-to-launch-powershell-session-as-system-with-specific-window-attribu