PSPortable

Deploys a portable PowerShell package with often used modules. When updates are released, launching PSPortable will present a changelog and prompt to use update-console to update if desired.

• Install Oh-MyPosh

  • Skip if this is a server environment since oh-my-posh will not be used
  • Run from an admin pwsh prompt and not PowerShell

  try{
  Remove-Item $env:POSH_PATH -Force -Recurse
  Uninstall-Module oh-my-posh -AllVersions
  } catch { }
  winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh -s winget

• Install PSPortable Full or Light

  • Open an admin PowerShell prompt
  • Run the below script to include all modules and update existing module that will be included

  Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -confirm:$false -Force -Scope CurrentUser
  [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
  (invoke-webrequest https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheTaylorLee/PSPortable/main/Deploy-Prompter.ps1 -usebasicparsing).content | Invoke-Expression

• Using PSPortable or PSPortableLight in Terminal

  These steps offer a guide to use PSPortable or PSPortableLight in Windows Terminal as intended. These steps will install a Nerdfont and Git, so the Oh-My-Posh theme is properly presented. Only perform these steps if you also install oh-my-posh

  • Install Nerd Font, Git, and sign into Git account

  Install-Font
  Install-chocolatey
  choco install git
  git config --global user.name "account"
  git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

  • Terminal settings should be configured to your preference, Example Settings
    • Nerd Font must be specified in the PSPortable or PSPortableLight profile.