One PowerShell Profile

Enables a one-and-done global PowerShell profile for all installed PS editions (e.g. Desktop, ISE, Core), as each PS profile is seperate by default.

OnePowerShellProfile essentially generates duplicate profile files for each PS edition installed on the machine -- based off the content of the Public.ps1 and Private.ps1 files provided in this module.

Profiles can be saved and archived

Installation

PowerShell Gallery (Recommended)

Install-Module -Name OnePowerShellProfile 

via https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/OnePowerShellProfile

Source

git clone https://github.com/alexchong/OnePowerShellProfile.git

Import-Module /path/to/OnePowerShellProfile.psm1

Requirements

• PowerShell 5.1 or later

Quickstart

Invoke-ProfileConfiguration -Type Public # Add profile stuff here (e.g. aliases, environment paths)
Set-Profile -ArchiveCurrentProfule $True # Save your existing profile in case you want to revert!!!!

Parameters

Invoke-ProfileConfiguration
    # Modify Public.ps1 or Private.ps1 profile templates 
    [-Type {"Public" | "Private"} <string>]
Set-Profile
    # Includes Private.ps1 content into global OnePowerShellProfile
    [-IncludePrivate {$True | $False} = $False <boolean>]
    # Snapshot && archive the current profile (useful if you want to revert)
    [-ArchiveOldProfile {$True | $False} = $False <boolean>]

FAQ

Q. What does this do?

It builds a global PowerShell profile, and distributes it across any installed PS editions (i.e. Desktop, ISE, Core).

Q. Why do you use this?

I frequently switch between different PowerShell editions, and this helps me maintain an overall persistent profile environment.

Q. What is Public.ps1 and Private.ps1?

Public.ps1 and Private.ps1 are the two source files that are concatenated into the global PowerShell profile.

In the event you want to export out a global profile to a different account or computer, you can do the following:

# 1. Build a new profile without sourcing Private.ps1
Set-Profile -IncludesPrivate $False -ArchiveOldProfile $True

# 2. Find any *profile.ps1 generated from the following message
# => [DONE] Updated /path/to/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

Q. Where are my older/archived profiles saved?

Using Set-Profile, if -ArchiveOldProfile option is set to $True, then it will generate a message like this:

[DONE] Updated /path/to/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

From there, you can navigate to the provided path.

Q. How do I toggle which PS editions I want to generate a profile for?

I have not included this functionality yet, but plan to if I eventually need to, or if requested.