Note that Windows PowerShell is not the same thing as PowerShell Core, for more information see:
- Right click on the Task bar and select
Taskbar settings
- Enable
Replace Command Prompt with Windows Powershell in the menu when I right click the start button
- Right click on start button in Windows
- Click
Windows Powershell (Admin)
to open Powershell as Administrator - If prompted for password, enter Administrator password and click
Yes
to continue
- Click on start button
- Type
Windows PowerShell
into search box - Right click on
Windows PowerShell
and either run it normally or as Administrator
Most likely you want to open Windows PowerShell directly in some folder so that the prompt points to exactly that directory.
Example screenshot for Windows 10
Here is how:
- Go to desired directory by using Windows explorer (selecting some directory does the same)
- Click on
File
in top left explorer window - To open PowerShell as standard user click on
Open Windows PowerShell
- To open it as Administrator, in step 3 hover your mouse over
Open Windows PowerShell
and then
selectOpen Windows PowerShell as Administrator
Unfortunately there is no default way like in Windows 10, one solution is to follow steps explained
in section
Right click "Open Windows Terminal as Administrator" context menu for Windows 11
see
Windows Terminal
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To add context menu on right click for "Windows PowerShell" for standard user see:
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To add context menu on right click for "Windows PowerShell as Administrator" see: