What Do I Need to Know About PowerShell's "All Hosts" Profiles?
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TechWizard42
I'm trying to understand what it takes for the PowerShell "All Hosts" profiles, specifically for the Current User and All Users, to function across different hosts. Do I need to set up a roaming profile? Also, I'm a bit confused—does 'hosts' refer to something specific, such as programs that run PowerShell? I found a [document](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/windows-powershell/ise/how-to-use-profiles-in-windows-powershell-ise?view=powershell-7.5) that mentions 'hosts' in this context, and I'm hoping for some clarification.
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In PowerShell, 'hosts' refer to the applications that run the PowerShell engine, like Windows Terminal, Windows Console, ISE, and VS Code. The profiles are scripts that execute when you start PowerShell. For the AllUsersAllHosts profile, these scripts run for every user across all hosts, but each host can have its own unique profile script. This means you could have different settings for ISE compared to ConHost or VS Code.
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ScriptingSage: Just a heads up, Windows Terminal and Windows Console are part of the same host category but get labeled differently. The proper name is ConsoleHost, which is what runs PowerShell in those environments.