Windows Forms look different in Powershell and Powershell ISE. Why?

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I have written a script which is basically a small wysiwyg signature generator for Outlook. We want our signatures to be in corporate colours, and semi-standardised - hence the requirement for this.

I did the development work in Powershell ISE and all looked good. However, when I run the script just using powershell (as the users will) it looks totally different:

Powershell vs Powershell ISE http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/1d6e6c5c6f.png

The top one was generated in ISE, and looks as I want it. The bottom one was run from powershell directly and seems to have visually regressed five years!

How can I get the script to look as snazzy in Powershell as it does in Powershell ISE?

What a neat idea! Please consider sharing the script on PoshCode.org (or elsewhere) if your employer is cool like that. — halr9000
– halr9000, Commented Sep 21, 2012 at 17:49
Your image URL doesn't start with https://. Please edit your question to upload the image in Imgur. — Viradex
– Viradex, Commented May 17, 2022 at 2:26

Keith Hill · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-29 03:21:49Z

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Add the following line in your script before you show the form:

[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles();

answered Jul 29, 2010 at 3:21

Keith Hill

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4 Comments

Ben Over a year ago

I actually love you! Cheers Dude, this was sending me up the wall!

Keith Hill Over a year ago

NP. BTW if this answers your question, you might want to mark it as answered. :-)

iRon Over a year ago

+1 although it doesn't answer the "..., Why?", See also: Why does the icon and buttons on the popup look different sometimes?

Remus Rigo Jun 3 at 3:51

it all makes sense now :)

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