What is a keyboard shortcut for closing a Windows PowerShell window?
I have opened an empty Windows PowerShell window, and have not yet entered any commands into the window. The default, unchanged directory is my user account folder. I want to close the window with a keyboard shortcut.
Does NOT work:
Ctrl-w(Adds the text^Winto the editor)Ctrl-d(Adds the text^Dinto the editor)Alt-F4(Does nothing)exitfollowed by{Enter}(Works, but is a cumbersome sequence)
Is there any native solution to this problem without using an AutoHotkey script? I am using Windows 10.
windows-10 keyboard-shortcuts powershell exit
asked Dec 28 '18 at 2:13
Frank FanelliFrank Fanelli
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I have opened an empty Windows PowerShell window, and have not yet entered any commands into the window. The default, unchanged directory is my user account folder. I want to close the window with a keyboard shortcut.
Does NOT work:
Ctrl-w(Adds the text^Winto the editor)Ctrl-d(Adds the text^Dinto the editor)Alt-F4(Does nothing)exitfollowed by{Enter}(Works, but is a cumbersome sequence)
Is there any native solution to this problem without using an AutoHotkey script? I am using Windows 10.
windows-10 keyboard-shortcuts powershell exit
asked Dec 28 '18 at 2:13
Frank FanelliFrank Fanelli
123
1
I can't test now, but Alt+space generally opens pop-up menu and then "c" closes the application.
– Máté Juhász
Dec 28 '18 at 2:55
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I have opened an empty Windows PowerShell window, and have not yet entered any commands into the window. The default, unchanged directory is my user account folder. I want to close the window with a keyboard shortcut.
Does NOT work:
Ctrl-w(Adds the text^Winto the editor)Ctrl-d(Adds the text^Dinto the editor)Alt-F4(Does nothing)exitfollowed by{Enter}(Works, but is a cumbersome sequence)
Is there any native solution to this problem without using an AutoHotkey script? I am using Windows 10.
windows-10 keyboard-shortcuts powershell exit
asked Dec 28 '18 at 2:13
Frank FanelliFrank Fanelli
123
I have opened an empty Windows PowerShell window, and have not yet entered any commands into the window. The default, unchanged directory is my user account folder. I want to close the window with a keyboard shortcut.
Does NOT work:
Ctrl-w(Adds the text^Winto the editor)Ctrl-d(Adds the text^Dinto the editor)Alt-F4(Does nothing)exitfollowed by{Enter}(Works, but is a cumbersome sequence)
Is there any native solution to this problem without using an AutoHotkey script? I am using Windows 10.
windows-10 keyboard-shortcuts powershell exit
windows-10 keyboard-shortcuts powershell exit
asked Dec 28 '18 at 2:13
Frank FanelliFrank Fanelli
123
asked Dec 28 '18 at 2:13
Frank FanelliFrank Fanelli
123
edited Feb 3 at 5:10
Frank Fanelli
asked Dec 28 '18 at 2:13
Frank FanelliFrank Fanelli
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asked Dec 28 '18 at 2:13
Frank FanelliFrank Fanelli
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asked Dec 28 '18 at 2:13
Frank FanelliFrank Fanelli
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I can't test now, but Alt+space generally opens pop-up menu and then "c" closes the application.
– Máté Juhász
Dec 28 '18 at 2:55
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I can't test now, but Alt+space generally opens pop-up menu and then "c" closes the application.
– Máté Juhász
Dec 28 '18 at 2:55
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1
I can't test now, but Alt+space generally opens pop-up menu and then "c" closes the application.
– Máté Juhász
Dec 28 '18 at 2:55
I can't test now, but Alt+space generally opens pop-up menu and then "c" closes the application.
– Máté Juhász
Dec 28 '18 at 2:55
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While Alt+Space, then c works as pointed out above without any changes, it still requires two key strokes. You can define your own exit shortcut in PowerShell 5.0 and up by addding a Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler command to your Powershell profile. While this does require editing your PS Profile, once set up it works for all future sessions of PowerShell. As an example,
Open a PowerShell terminal window and type the following to edit your PowerShell Profile file:
notepad $Profile
This will open your Powershell profile. If you'd like this to work for all users, edit the AllUsers profile which is located at $PROFILE.AllUsersCurrentHost. For more information on the PS profile see this Microsoft reference page.
Add the following to the first line of the profile (ViExit is only available in PS 5.1):
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Alt+F4 -Function ViExit
This defines the Alt-F4 as the exit key command. If you'd like to use Ctrl-D instead use this line:
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Ctrl+D -Function DeleteCharOrExit
Now close the PowerShell terminal and reopen. The shortcut keys defined above (Alt-F4 or Ctrl-D as applicable) should now work.
answered Dec 28 '18 at 7:39
CoderBlueCoderBlue
512
This pointed me in the correct direction...but two things had to be done first: (1.) I had to set the execution policy of PowerShell using the following command (as admin): Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned (2.) I had to create a Profile before I could edit one, with the following command: New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
– Frank Fanelli
Dec 29 '18 at 2:53
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Try Alt+Space c meaning Alt and space together for the popup menu, then press c for Close
answered Dec 28 '18 at 6:31
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While Alt+Space, then c works as pointed out above without any changes, it still requires two key strokes. You can define your own exit shortcut in PowerShell 5.0 and up by addding a Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler command to your Powershell profile. While this does require editing your PS Profile, once set up it works for all future sessions of PowerShell. As an example,
Open a PowerShell terminal window and type the following to edit your PowerShell Profile file:
notepad $Profile
This will open your Powershell profile. If you'd like this to work for all users, edit the AllUsers profile which is located at $PROFILE.AllUsersCurrentHost. For more information on the PS profile see this Microsoft reference page.
Add the following to the first line of the profile (ViExit is only available in PS 5.1):
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Alt+F4 -Function ViExit
This defines the Alt-F4 as the exit key command. If you'd like to use Ctrl-D instead use this line:
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Ctrl+D -Function DeleteCharOrExit
Now close the PowerShell terminal and reopen. The shortcut keys defined above (Alt-F4 or Ctrl-D as applicable) should now work.
answered Dec 28 '18 at 7:39
CoderBlueCoderBlue
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This pointed me in the correct direction...but two things had to be done first: (1.) I had to set the execution policy of PowerShell using the following command (as admin): Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned (2.) I had to create a Profile before I could edit one, with the following command: New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
– Frank Fanelli
Dec 29 '18 at 2:53
add a comment |
While Alt+Space, then c works as pointed out above without any changes, it still requires two key strokes. You can define your own exit shortcut in PowerShell 5.0 and up by addding a Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler command to your Powershell profile. While this does require editing your PS Profile, once set up it works for all future sessions of PowerShell. As an example,
Open a PowerShell terminal window and type the following to edit your PowerShell Profile file:
notepad $Profile
This will open your Powershell profile. If you'd like this to work for all users, edit the AllUsers profile which is located at $PROFILE.AllUsersCurrentHost. For more information on the PS profile see this Microsoft reference page.
Add the following to the first line of the profile (ViExit is only available in PS 5.1):
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Alt+F4 -Function ViExit
This defines the Alt-F4 as the exit key command. If you'd like to use Ctrl-D instead use this line:
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Ctrl+D -Function DeleteCharOrExit
Now close the PowerShell terminal and reopen. The shortcut keys defined above (Alt-F4 or Ctrl-D as applicable) should now work.
answered Dec 28 '18 at 7:39
CoderBlueCoderBlue
512
This pointed me in the correct direction...but two things had to be done first: (1.) I had to set the execution policy of PowerShell using the following command (as admin): Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned (2.) I had to create a Profile before I could edit one, with the following command: New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
– Frank Fanelli
Dec 29 '18 at 2:53
add a comment |
While Alt+Space, then c works as pointed out above without any changes, it still requires two key strokes. You can define your own exit shortcut in PowerShell 5.0 and up by addding a Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler command to your Powershell profile. While this does require editing your PS Profile, once set up it works for all future sessions of PowerShell. As an example,
Open a PowerShell terminal window and type the following to edit your PowerShell Profile file:
notepad $Profile
This will open your Powershell profile. If you'd like this to work for all users, edit the AllUsers profile which is located at $PROFILE.AllUsersCurrentHost. For more information on the PS profile see this Microsoft reference page.
Add the following to the first line of the profile (ViExit is only available in PS 5.1):
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Alt+F4 -Function ViExit
This defines the Alt-F4 as the exit key command. If you'd like to use Ctrl-D instead use this line:
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Ctrl+D -Function DeleteCharOrExit
Now close the PowerShell terminal and reopen. The shortcut keys defined above (Alt-F4 or Ctrl-D as applicable) should now work.
answered Dec 28 '18 at 7:39
CoderBlueCoderBlue
512
While Alt+Space, then c works as pointed out above without any changes, it still requires two key strokes. You can define your own exit shortcut in PowerShell 5.0 and up by addding a Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler command to your Powershell profile. While this does require editing your PS Profile, once set up it works for all future sessions of PowerShell. As an example,
Open a PowerShell terminal window and type the following to edit your PowerShell Profile file:
notepad $Profile
This will open your Powershell profile. If you'd like this to work for all users, edit the AllUsers profile which is located at $PROFILE.AllUsersCurrentHost. For more information on the PS profile see this Microsoft reference page.
Add the following to the first line of the profile (ViExit is only available in PS 5.1):
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Alt+F4 -Function ViExit
This defines the Alt-F4 as the exit key command. If you'd like to use Ctrl-D instead use this line:
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Chord Ctrl+D -Function DeleteCharOrExit
Now close the PowerShell terminal and reopen. The shortcut keys defined above (Alt-F4 or Ctrl-D as applicable) should now work.
answered Dec 28 '18 at 7:39
CoderBlueCoderBlue
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answered Dec 28 '18 at 7:39
CoderBlueCoderBlue
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answered Dec 28 '18 at 7:39
CoderBlueCoderBlue
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answered Dec 28 '18 at 7:39
CoderBlueCoderBlue
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This pointed me in the correct direction...but two things had to be done first: (1.) I had to set the execution policy of PowerShell using the following command (as admin): Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned (2.) I had to create a Profile before I could edit one, with the following command: New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
– Frank Fanelli
Dec 29 '18 at 2:53
add a comment |
This pointed me in the correct direction...but two things had to be done first: (1.) I had to set the execution policy of PowerShell using the following command (as admin): Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned (2.) I had to create a Profile before I could edit one, with the following command: New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
– Frank Fanelli
Dec 29 '18 at 2:53
This pointed me in the correct direction...but two things had to be done first: (1.) I had to set the execution policy of PowerShell using the following command (as admin): Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned (2.) I had to create a Profile before I could edit one, with the following command: New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
– Frank Fanelli
Dec 29 '18 at 2:53
This pointed me in the correct direction...but two things had to be done first: (1.) I had to set the execution policy of PowerShell using the following command (as admin): Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned (2.) I had to create a Profile before I could edit one, with the following command: New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
– Frank Fanelli
Dec 29 '18 at 2:53
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Try Alt+Space c meaning Alt and space together for the popup menu, then press c for Close
answered Dec 28 '18 at 6:31
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Try Alt+Space c meaning Alt and space together for the popup menu, then press c for Close
answered Dec 28 '18 at 6:31
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Try Alt+Space c meaning Alt and space together for the popup menu, then press c for Close
answered Dec 28 '18 at 6:31
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Try Alt+Space c meaning Alt and space together for the popup menu, then press c for Close
answered Dec 28 '18 at 6:31
David HatchDavid Hatch
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I can't test now, but Alt+space generally opens pop-up menu and then "c" closes the application.
– Máté Juhász
Dec 28 '18 at 2:55