functions/Restart-Shell.ps1
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function Restart-Shell { <# .SYNOPSIS A swift way to restart the PowerShell console. .DESCRIPTION A swift way to restart the PowerShell console. - Allows increasing elevation - Allows keeping the current process, thus in effect adding a new PowerShell process .PARAMETER NoExit The current console will not terminate. .PARAMETER Admin The new PowerShell process will be run as admin. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Restart-Shell Restarts the current PowerShell process. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Restart-Shell -Admin -NoExit Creates a new PowerShell process, run with elevation, while keeping the current console around. .NOTES Version 1.0.0.0 Author: Friedrich Weinmann Created on: August 6th, 2016 #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Switch] $NoExit, [Switch] $Admin ) if ($Admin) { Start-Process powershell.exe -Verb RunAs } else { Start-Process powershell.exe } if (-not $NoExit) { exit } } New-Alias -Name rss -Value Restart-Shell -Option AllScope -Scope Global |