Speeding up PowerShell startup
Jeffrey Snover [MSFT] has updated his Update-Gac script and yes it speeds up the start of the PowerShell console:
- Before running ‘update-Gac.ps1’
Measure-Command {Start-Process powershell} | Select TotalSeconds
TotalSeconds ------------ 0,0626292
Measure-Command {Start-Process powershell} | Select TotalSeconds
TotalSeconds ------------ 0,0193757
Here’s the link of the original article:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2008/09/02/speeding-up-powershell-startup-updating-update-gac-ps1.aspx