functions/utility/Restart-PSMDShell.ps1
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function Restart-PSMDShell { <# .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. .PARAMETER NoProfile The new PowerShell process will not load its profile. .PARAMETER Confirm If this switch is enabled, you will be prompted for confirmation before executing any operations that change state. .PARAMETER WhatIf If this switch is enabled, no actions are performed but informational messages will be displayed that explain what would happen if the command were to run. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Restart-PSMDShell Restarts the current PowerShell process. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Restart-PSMDShell -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(SupportsShouldProcess = $true, ConfirmImpact = 'Low')] Param ( [Switch] $NoExit, [Switch] $Admin, [switch] $NoProfile ) begin { $powershellPath = (Get-Process -id $pid).Path } process { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Current shell", "Restart")) { if ($NoProfile) { if ($Admin) { Start-Process $powershellPath -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList '-NoProfile' } else { Start-Process $powershellPath -ArgumentList '-NoProfile' } } else { if ($Admin) { Start-Process $powershellPath -Verb RunAs } else { Start-Process $powershellPath } } if (-not $NoExit) { exit } } } } New-Alias -Name Restart-Shell -Value Restart-PSMDShell -Option AllScope -Scope Global New-Alias -Name rss -Value Restart-PSMDShell -Option AllScope -Scope Global |