How to open Powershell Console Window from Powershell

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I am writing a script to use multiple plink (PuTTY) sessions as a Windows version of clusterssh. I am stuck however because I want to open multiple Powershell windows from powershell. When I type the command for powershell, it opens a new session. This is similar to typing bash in bash. I want multiple physical windows opening.

I tried -windowstyle as well as the other args to no avail. I was wondering if there is a way you know of. I really appreciate your help. I looked and didn't find anything already here. Thanks for your time.

score 200 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 17 '16 at 09:19

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This will open a new window.

Either:

start-process powershell

Or:

start powershell

edited Aug 17 '16 at 09:19

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answered Mar 27 '13 at 20:39

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Even simpler is `start powershell` – Brian J Nov 17 '14 at 19:28
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Both of these commands preserve CWD of the old terminal! Good to know! – A. Nilsson Jul 14 '17 at 14:03
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Possible to set the start directory via `-WorkingDirectory` directly. – Dirk May 30 '18 at 14:26
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`saps powershell` is even shorter to type – hyperupcall Jan 30 '19 at 01:32
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Odd thing - I'd changed the Powershell background colour a long time ago (well before opening the first Powershell window today!). When I opened a new window with this command, it had the original default colour. – AJM Oct 14 '21 at 10:20
For PowerShell Core: `Start-Process pwsh` – Jari Turkia Apr 05 '23 at 05:59

score 34 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '18 at 02:58

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if you are trying to open a new window and launch a new script:

start powershell {.\scriptInNewPSWindow.ps1}

answered Feb 23 '18 at 02:58

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Works great when you need to kick off a series of processes (i.e. npm). There might be a better way, but as a developer that needs to get working quickly, this is great! – Kyle Barnes Mar 05 '20 at 18:57

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '13 at 19:16

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This will do it:

Invoke-Item C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

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This sets the CWD of the new process to `C:\WINDOWS\system32` at least it does on my machine. – A. Nilsson Jul 14 '17 at 14:12
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If anyone reads this, check out the answer with more up-votes at the bottom ([here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/15668965/2430414)) – Blundering Philosopher Mar 05 '19 at 09:45

seagull · Answer 4 · 2018-03-20T10:57:54.537

This works for me:

$argList = "-file `"$Location\script.ps1`"" Start-Process powershell -argumentlist $argList

(The backticks are necessary. This can be copied outright.) Variables can be used in the "-file" parameter (such as one set at the beginning of the script to reflect the location of the file) and spaces can appear in the variable due to the backticks.

Edited to use a two-line solution (the "$argList" variable) because PowerShell can mangle things otherwise.

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 13 '19 at 10:47

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To start Powershell 6 from a PS console start pwsh might do the trick.
It starts in the same folder.

(I haven't delved into it but I guess PS6's pwsh.exe has to be in the path for it to work.)

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