How do I open a certain file location in PowerShell?
You can use the Invoke-Item
cmdlet and specify the full path as opposed to changing location multiple times to get to the directory containing your target executable
Invoke-Item "C:\Program Files\Program Folder\Program.exe"
You could skip the cd
steps by specifying the whole path, e.g c:\path\to\program.exe
If it's a program you launch with some regularity, you could also create an alias. With an alias, you could have PowerShell launch c:\path\to\program.exe
with just myapp
, for example.
To create an alias, use the following command:
Set-Alias MyApp "C:\Path\To\Program.exe"
Finally, you could also add the folder location to your Windows PATH environment variable. Here's a link to a post detailing how to do this for Python, but you should be able to follow the same instructions for your folder. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6318156/adding-python-path-on-windows-7