PowerShell integration?

Microp · Post by **Microp** » 2010 May 10, 10:06

Hi!

It would be nice to get PowerShell integrated into xplorer2.

Or at least a hack to replace default Tools/run command or DOS command, so it starts powershell instead.

It's a great tool.

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2010 May 10, 11:46

Please make your case in terms of improved user productivity for file management functionality.
"It would be nice ..." arguments have little weight with the developer.
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PS -
Have you tried making a user command (Customize | User commands | ...) for PowerShell and running it that way?

Post by **nikos** » 2010 May 10, 13:16

i'm not sure about the workings of powershell but if it works from a console you can try adding its command in szDosCmdPreamble registry key

Mr.Pleasant · Post by **Mr.Pleasant** » 2010 May 11, 21:17

you can try adding its command in szDosCmdPreamble registry key

That could be interesting. Could you maybe elaborate on that? Would it be just replacing the default 'cmd.exe /K' with 'powershell.exe' (which, in a run command, brings up the window for powershell in much the same way as 'cmd.exe' does for the command window)? In that case, it doesn't work: it makes all '$ ...' commands ineffable.

Oh, and what did I screw up when (trying to reset it all in the registry) I end up with an empty cmd window always accompanying the X2 console when I type a '$' command in the address bar

? When I close this cmd window, it relentlessly closes X2...

FrizzleFry · Post by **FrizzleFry** » 2010 May 11, 21:43

It works for me... I used:

powershell.exe -NoExit

in szDosCmdPreamble

The -NoExit just prevents the console window from closing just like /K with cmd.exe. The original preamble had a space after the /K so you might need to add that.

I prefer just having a toolbar button with:

>powershell

Post by **nikos** » 2010 May 12, 06:10

did you manage to integrate powershell with the fancy command line window used by xplorer2?

Mr.Pleasant · Post by **Mr.Pleasant** » 2010 May 12, 08:47

Thanks, FrizzleFry, I'll try it, as soon as I have my registry-settings sorted out. Then I can see if it is worth having it that way, or just to have a button like you (I'm new to this anyway...).

FrizzleFry · Post by **FrizzleFry** » 2010 May 13, 06:36

The x2 command line window seems to work fine with powershell. I ran a few commands... dir, cd, help... and I did not notice any problems. I don't usually use the x2 console but it looked and acted the same way it does with cmd.