Comment content for a PowerShell profile

Q. What is common content to place in the PowerShell profile?

A. There is no fixed content required in a PowerShell profile. The content should be based on your requirements. Some common settings are to set environmental configurations, load modules, create aliases and modify the prompt. Below is some example content:

Set-Location c:#Set window colors and title$shell = $Host.UI.RawUI$shell.WindowTitle="John's PowerShell"$shell.BackgroundColor = "Black"$shell.ForegroundColor = "White"#Set the window size$size = $Shell.WindowSize$size.width=70$size.height=25$Shell.WindowSize = $size#Set the buffer sizes$size = $Shell.BufferSize$size.width=70$size.height=5000$Shell.BufferSize = $size#Load modules#Import-Module ....#Create a notepad aliasNew-Item alias:np -value c:windowssystem32otepad.exe#Clear the screenClear-Host

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