How to alias an executable using Powershell permanently? - powershell

Question

Creating and running an alias in a current Powershell session works,
Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\Windows\system32> new-item alias:eadt -value "C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\eclipse\eclipse.exe"
CommandType Name ModuleName
----------- ---- ----------
Alias eadt -> eclipse.exe
PS C:\Windows\system32> eadt
but fails in a new session:
PS C:\Windows\system32> eadt
eadt : The term 'eadt' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check
the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ eadt
+ ~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (eadt:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
PS C:\Windows\system32>

Answer 1

You should save your alias in your profile (like in .bashrc in Linux). Hava a look to About_profile to choose your one.
$Profile var gives you the path to your profile file.
It exists 4 different profil files given by :
$profile.AllUsersAllHosts
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
$profile.AllUsersCurrentHost
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1
$profile.CurrentUserAllHosts
C:\Users\JPB\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
$profile.CurrentUserCurrentHost
C:\Users\JPB\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1