FullPath Pain with PowerShell
My folder structures were getting deeper and deeper and the full path prior to the caret for Windows PowerShell was taking up most of the initial line.
After a little bit of research and I found the solution to this for me.
My Solution: Show the current folder name prior to the prompt
Open the folder C:\Users*UserAccountName*
Drill down into: \Documents\WindowsPowerShell\
Edit the file: Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
This file may be empty or as in my case the file did not exist.
Using a text editor I created this file and added the following code
function prompt {
$p = Split-Path -leaf -path (Get-Location)
"$p> "
}
Saved the file and reopened PowerShell.
This gave me the result I wanted.
Note:
Just delete the code from the file or the whole file (if you want) and this will return PowerShell back to it's default setting.