Permanently add PowerShell module? (Import-Module)

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vskbdvds picture vskbdvds · Jan 13, 2019 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

I'm using a third-party module I found on GitHub and importing it with:

powershell Import-Module .\foo.ps1

This imports successfully and the module works great. But when I open a new PowerShell terminal, it doesn't load the module, I have to run the Import-Module command everytime. Is it possible to have modules load permanently?

I'm using Windows 10 with PowerShell v3.

Answer

Keith Nicholas picture Keith Nicholas · Jan 14, 2019

You can add it to one of your profiles that powershell loads by default. Best bet is 

%UserProfile%\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

or

%UserProfile%\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1

see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//bb613488(v=vs.85) for the full list

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