So what is special about Powershell PSC1 files?

On my PowerShell shortcut I have the following:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershe开发者_开发技巧ll.exe -psc "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\vim.psc1" -noe -c ". \"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1\""

Yet, I would prefer to add the registration of snapins and to run the init of the PowerCLI environment to my profile.

So in my profile I add the following:

Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
& "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1"

Yet, the Get-VICommand is no longer available using this method. Why?

PSC1 files are "PowerShell Console files." They are XML configuration files that tell PowerShell which snapins to load automatically. The other way to do that would be to call Import-Module or Add-PSSnapin in your Profile.ps1 script.

You can create your own psc1 files using Export-Console.

Try like this:

add-pssnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

. 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1' # dot sourcing!