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Not sure where my profile file is
I'm in PowerShell 7.0.3. I've issued a $Profile command at the PowerShell prompt, to see where my profile file is. It tells me that it is Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
So, I cd my way to the Documents\PowerShell folder and looked for Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1. It isn't there. In fact, there's no .ps1 file there. I even tried Windows 10 File Explorer, it's still not there.
I don't understand how PowerShell can think there's a profile file, but there isn't one. What's going on?
$profile is just a variable pointing to the default location of the file. The file itself might or might not exist, in the latter scenario you need to create it (notepad).
$profile is just a variable pointing to the default location of the file. The file itself might or might not exist, in the latter scenario you need to create it (notepad).
VasilMichev oh, so if it did exist, that's where it should exist and it should be named. OK, a bit strange, but thank you.
