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    <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/183901/how-to-start-powershell-from-windows-explorer">This question</a> answers how to launch PowerShell from Windows Explorer.</p> <p>I want to launch PowerShell from Windows&nbsp;Explorer with my TFS Shell Snap-In pre-loaded.</p> <p>I created a batch file (<em>RunPowerShell.bat</em>) with this command** and put it in the <em>System32</em> directory:</p> <pre><code>C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools\tfshell.psc1" -noexit -command ". 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools\TFSS </code></pre> <p>This works, but I'd like to do it with just typing "PowerShell" in the Windows&nbsp;Explorer address bar.</p> <p>Is it possible to load this snapin from Windows Explorer just by typing "PowerShell"?</p> <p>**The command shown above comes from the "Target" box of my PowerShell Console link in the menu option:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AEgaB.jpg" alt="Enter image description here"></p> <hr> <h1>UPDATE</h1> <p>Chris N put me in the right direction.</p> <p>I had to do a few things to make it work, so I'll put them here:</p> <p><a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfspowertools/thread/a116799a-0476-4c42-aa3e-45d8ba23739e/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Create and register the following registry file</a> (*.reg) so that PowerShell would be aware of the TFS PowerShell DLL file:</p> <pre><code>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell] "PowerShellVersion"="2.0" "Vendor"="Microsoft Corporation" "Description"="This is a PowerShell snap-in that includes the Team Foundation Server cmdlets." "VendorIndirect"="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell,Microsoft" "DescriptionIndirect"="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell,This is a PowerShell snap-in that includes the Team Foundation Server cmdlets." "Version"="10.0.0.0" "ApplicationBase"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools" "AssemblyName"="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerTools.PowerShell, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" "ModuleName"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools\\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerTools.PowerShell.dll" "CustomPSSnapInType"="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerTools.PowerShell.TFPSSnapIn" </code></pre> <p>In Notepad, create a new file with the following command:</p> <pre><code>if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null ) { Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell } </code></pre> <p>The <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1477994/how-to-check-if-powershell-snap-in-is-already-loaded-before-calling-add-pssnapin">IF statement prevents an error</a> if I load from the link in the Windows Menu.</p> <p>Then, save that file as this:</p> <pre><code>%windir%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1 </code></pre> <p>This will make the command run for all shells and all profiles on Windows; read the link in Chris's answer if you need a smaller scope.</p>
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