How do I run powershell from within VS2010?

Question

Hope someone can help. I want to run powershell but can't see any menu item to run it.

Am I missing something. I looked in view > other windows but nothing there.

Janet

Oded · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-24 05:47:53Z

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There is no such default menu item.

You can always create your own under Tools -> Customize.

Alternatively, use this Visual Studio plugin, which will give you a shell window (either CMD or PowerShell).

answered Apr 23, 2011 at 7:15

Oded

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Surely there must be something easier :-( Is there something I can add from the command-line?

@Janet - This is not difficult.

Okay. I will check into it in more details. Thanks for the advice / link.

Janet, you might actually consider installing NuGet. It's the 'new' package manager for VS2010 and has a rather nice PowerShell command interface.