Automatically add pssnapin Microsoft.Sharepoint.Powershell

Question

I am developing in Sharepoint and I like more Windows Powershell than Sharepoint Management Shell. Every time I restart the development machine, I have to run Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Sharepoint.Powershell in order to use Sharepoint cmd-lets.

How to get the machine to automatically load Sharepoint snapin when I start Windows Powershell.

Answer 1

In your PowerShell shell type

Notepad $PROFILE

This will give you the scripts that is triggered for the user that is logged in.

If your profile is not created, then you can create it with this command:

new-item $profile -type file -force

here you can insert scripts that are executed before startup.

Here you can add SharePoint snapin:

Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -EA 0

I usually here set stuff like

Set-Strictmode -Version Latest
$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = "$env:UserName | $env:Computername"
[Environment]::CurrentDirectory = (Get-Location -PSProvider FileSystem).ProviderPath

Answer 2

If you're running Sharepoint 2010, use the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell located at:

Start | All Programs | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Management Shell

This starts PowerShell and loads the SharePoint cmdlets. You'll probably want to Shift-Right Click this item and select "Run as administrator" from the context menu.

Note that this shortcut is only available on the SharePoint server or on a development workstation where SharePoint is installed locally.

Answer 3

If you create a shortcut with the following command line, you'll get the snapin installed:

%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoExit add-pssnapin microsoft.sharepoint.powershell

(Obtained from TechNet)

Answer 4

Another related option is to set the value not just for the logged in user, but for all users on the device. This can be done with

notepad $PROFILE.AllUsersAllHosts

Any code you add in here will be run for all users. For example, adding this will automatically load the SharePoint snapin

If ((Get-PSSnapIn -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
{ Add-PSSnapIn -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell }

Answer 5

This solution is one PowerShell script that will create the AllUsersAllHosts file if necessary and then append the Add-PSSnapIn command and then restart PowerShell or ISE and is based on this and this.

if (!(test-path $profile.AllUsersAllHosts)){
    new-item -type file -path $profile.AllUsersAllHosts –force
}

$cmd = 'if((Get-PSSnapin | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq
"Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"}) -eq $null) 
{ 
    Add-PSSnapIn "Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell" 
}'

out-file -FilePath $profile.AllUsersAllHosts -InputObject $cmd -Append

# based on http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/03/04/pstip-restarting-powershell-as-an-administrator/
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess,ConfirmImpact='High')]

$AsAdministrator=$false
$Force=$true

$proc = Get-Process -Id $PID
$cmdArgs = [Environment]::GetCommandLineArgs() | Select-Object -Skip 1

$params = @{ FilePath = $proc.Path }
if ($AsAdministrator) { $params.Verb = 'runas' }
if ($cmdArgs) { $params.ArgumentList = $cmdArgs }

if ($Force -or $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($proc.Name,"Restart the console"))
{
    if ($host.Name -eq 'Windows PowerShell ISE Host' -and $psISE.PowerShellTabs.Files.IsSaved -contains $false)
    {
        if ($Force -or $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess('Unsaved work detected?','Unsaved work detected. Save changes?','Confirm'))
        {
            foreach ($IseTab in $psISE.PowerShellTabs)
            {
                $IseTab.Files | ForEach-Object {

                    if ($_.IsUntitled -and !$_.IsSaved)
                    {
                        $_.SaveAs($_.FullPath,[System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
                    }
                    elseif(!$_.IsSaved)
                    {
                        $_.Save()
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            foreach ($IseTab in $psISE.PowerShellTabs)
            {
                $unsavedFiles = $IseTab.Files | Where-Object IsSaved -eq $false
                $unsavedFiles | ForEach-Object {$IseTab.Files.Remove($_,$true)}
            }
        }
    }

    Start-Process @params
    $proc.CloseMainWindow()
}