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PowerShell Profile Paths
Shows the various PowerShell profile paths by platform and version.
Uzma Younas
September 13, 2023
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Windows PowerShell 5.1 (e.g. PowerShell Desktop)

Profile Path
Current User - Current Host $Home\[My]Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
Current User - All Hosts $Home\[My]Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Profile.ps1
All Users - Current Host $PSHOME\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
All Users - All Hosts $PSHOME\Profile.ps1

PowerShell 7.x (e.g. PowerShell Core)

Windows

Profile Path
Current User - Current Host $Home\[My]Documents\Powershell\Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1
Current User - All Hosts $Home\[My]Documents\Powershell\Profile.ps1
All Users - Current Host $PSHOME\Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1
All Users - All Hosts $PSHOME\Profile.ps1

Linux/macOS

Profile Path
Current User - Current Host ~/.config/powershell/Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1
Current User - All Hosts ~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1
All Users - Current Host /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/7/Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1
All Users - All Hosts /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/7/profile.ps1
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