PowerShell Settings

published: June 2, 2025 author: Tinu tags: PowerShell categories: PowerShell-Basic

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• Table of Contents
• Delay PowerShell start
• See also

Delay PowerShell start

Skip Powershell startup check for new version.

• Off turns off the update notification feature
• Default is the same as not defining POWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK:
  • GA releases notify of updates to GA releases
  • Preview/RC releases notify of updates to GA and preview releases
• LTS only notifies of updates to long-term-servicing (LTS) GA releases

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("POWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK", "Off", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)

Include all other settings (for user and machine):

$variables = [ordered]@{
   POWERSHELL_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT = "1"
   POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT     = "1"
   POWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK          = "Off"
   POWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK_OPTOUT   = "1"
   DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT     = "1"
   DOTNET_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT         = "1"
   COMPlus_EnableDiagnostics       = "0"
}

foreach ($target in "User","Machine") {
    Write-Host "Target: $target" -foregroundcolor cyan
    ($key in $variables.Keys) {
        Write-Host "  $key = $($variables.$Key)"
        [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($key,$variables.$Key, $target)
    }
}

See also

About_Update_Notifications on Microsoft Docs.

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