helpful-alias-powershell

Some helpfule powershell alias.

Steps

1. Create tools folder under c:
2. Add clean.ps1, find.ps1, and start-as-admin.ps1 in c:\tools.
3. in start-as-admin.ps1, update your credentials. //TODO: might be possible to use encrypted password since it's in risk of being exposed.
4. save profile.ps1 to c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0
5. Restart your powershell

What's available

1. find: recursive search in a directory
2. admin: start following tools in admin mode:
   1. np: notepad++
   2. code: vscode
   3. wt: windows terminal
3. clean: Deep clean of everything in a visual studio solution folder. Deletes bin, obj, packages, also cleans temp folders, and nuget cache.
4. vs <solutionfile>: open solution in vs2022.
5. vs19 <solutionFile>: open solution in vs2019.
6. e: Shortcut for explorer.
7. passwd: this saves the admin password in an encrypted file. Use the -admin switch to set the credential for the admin alias.