Reverting to the original prompt in PowerShell Console

Question

In PowerShell console window the initial prompt is

C:\users\username

I could customize the prompt with the below:

function Prompt { "PS: "}

The prompt now becomes

PS:

Without making change to the C:\Users\user\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 I intend to revert to the original prompt.

How to go about it?

function Prompt { "PS $($executionContext.SessionState.Path.CurrentLocation)$('>' * ($nestedPromptLevel + 1)) " } — user4003407
– user4003407, Commented Feb 12, 2017 at 13:23

Mathias R. Jessen · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-12 13:49:33Z

5

From the about_Prompt help file:

In Windows PowerShell 3.0, the built-in prompt function is:
function prompt  
{  
    "PS $($executionContext.SessionState.Path.CurrentLocation)$('>' * ($nestedPromptLevel + 1)) "  
}

answered Feb 12, 2017 at 13:49

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Baskar Lingam Ramachandran Over a year ago

I see that with below method I could revert back to the original prompt without having to remember the long script.. function my_prompt = (Get-Command Prompt).scriptblockThen I could revoke the function my_prompt to revert to the original prompt

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