Advanced PowerShell Options in PowerGUI Script Editor

This add-on from James Brundage (from www.start-automating.com) lets you easily fine-tune the PowerShell host right in the PowerGUI Script Editor.

1. Download the PowerShell Preferences add-on from here,

2. Unblock the zip file,

3. Extract it to the My Documents \WindowsPowerShell \Modules folder,

4. In Script Editor’s File / PowerShell Libraries dialog box, select PowerShellPreferences.

And you will get this panel in the script editor, allowing you to change all the internal settings of the PowerShell host:

• Command history size,
• Error history size,
• Mail server for send-mailmessage,
• Strict mode (automated checking for variable initialization, etc.),
• What-if mode (automatically running all cmdlets with -whatif flag),
• Error level,
• Warning level,
• Debug level,
• Verbose message level,
• Progress message handling.

Combined, these give you incredible control over the way that PowerShell works – which in turn can help a lot when debugging your PowerShell scripts.

Download the add-on here.

Happy scripting!

Dmitry