# Your Profile

Your profile is a script PowerShell runs every time it starts, at the path in $PROFILE, so the variables, short names and settings you put in it are ready in every window, and dot-sourcing it loads a change into the window you're in.

![Cheat sheet for the lesson Your Profile: Your profile is a script PowerShell runs every time it starts, at the path in $PROFILE, so the variables, short names and settings you put in it are ready in every window, and dot-sourcing it loads a change into the window you're in.](https://fsdtrainingmedia.blob.core.windows.net/public/images/2026/11/cacd2f955d6b4226a5027981bab2e5a9.webp)

- Category: PowerShell
- Level: Apprentice
- Tags: @scope, dot-sourcing, powershell, profile
- Updated: November 10, 2026

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/cheat-sheets/powershell-profile-cheat-sheet