How to Open Powershell in Windows 8?

Starting Windows PowerShell

Click Start, type PowerShell, and then click Windows PowerShell.
From the Start menu, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click the Windows PowerShell folder, and then click Windows PowerShell.

How do I Open the PowerShell Window?

Just Shift + right click in Explorer. Then you can "Open PowerShell window here". It may be set to Command Prompt by default.

What is the Shortcut to Open PowerShell?

Press Windows+R to open the Run dialog box, and then type “powershell” in the text box. You can either click “OK” or press the Enter to open a regular PowerShell window, or press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open an elevated PowerShell window.

How do I Run a PowerShell Command?

Press winkey+ R.
Type cmd.
The command prompt will be opened.
Type PowerShell and press enter.

How do I Run PowerShell?

To use the "Run with PowerShell" feature: In File Explorer or Windows Explorer, rightclick the script file name and then select "Run with PowerShell". The "Run with PowerShell" feature starts a PowerShell session that has an execution policy of Bypass, runs the script, and closes the session.

How do I Start PowerShell from Command Line?

To start the Windows PowerShell ISE
Click Start, select Windows PowerShell, and then click Windows PowerShell ISE. Alternately, you can type powershell_ise.exe in any command shell or in the Run box.

How do I Open a PowerShell Script?

Browse to the location you stored the ps1file in File Explorer and choose; File> Open Windows PowerShell.
Type part of the name of the script.
Press TAB to autocomplete then name. Note: Do this even when you typed the name in full.
Press ENTER to execute the script.