Comments on: Replace Command Prompt with PowerShell in WinX Power Menu of Windows 10 https://www.thewindowsclub.com/replace-command-prompt-with-powershell-in-winx-power-menu-in-windows-8-1 TheWindowsClub covers authentic Windows 11, Windows 10 tips, tutorials, how-to's, features, freeware. Created by Anand Khanse, MVP. Sun, 07 Jul 2024 11:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: kodie https://www.thewindowsclub.com/replace-command-prompt-with-powershell-in-winx-power-menu-in-windows-8-1#comment-33040 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=71086#comment-33040 my windows updates never install

]]> By: RyanBeesley https://www.thewindowsclub.com/replace-command-prompt-with-powershell-in-winx-power-menu-in-windows-8-1#comment-28457 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=71086#comment-28457 Not everything you can run under CMD can be run under PS. Case in point:

PS %USERPROFILE%> mklink
mklink : The term ‘mklink’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ mklink
+ ~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (mklink:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

PS %USERPROFILE%> cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9431]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

%USERPROFILE%>mklink
Creates a symbolic link.

MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target
/D Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file
symbolic link.
/H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
/J Creates a Directory Junction.
Link specifies the new symbolic link name.
Target specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link
refers to.

Most things work, and if PowerShell was a drop-in replacement, I’d use it all the time. Instead I still occasionally need a CMD prompt.

]]> By: Onofrei Iulian https://www.thewindowsclub.com/replace-command-prompt-with-powershell-in-winx-power-menu-in-windows-8-1#comment-28415 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=71086#comment-28415 In reply to Anand Khanse.

you’re welcome :)

]]> By: Anand Khanse https://www.thewindowsclub.com/replace-command-prompt-with-powershell-in-winx-power-menu-in-windows-8-1#comment-28414 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=71086#comment-28414 In reply to Onofrei Iulian.

LOL, Thanks, correcting it …

]]> By: Onofrei Iulian https://www.thewindowsclub.com/replace-command-prompt-with-powershell-in-winx-power-menu-in-windows-8-1#comment-28413 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/?p=71086#comment-28413 you highlighted the wrong option in the Properties windows printscreen

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