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PowerShell: Load Developer Command Prompt
# Visual Studio 2015 Developer Command Prompt in PowerShell
# credit: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2124753/how-i-can-use-powershell-with-the-visual-studio-command-prompt
# path to scripts stored and loaded in profile
function LoadDevCmdPrompt() {
# store cwd and change path
pushd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools"
# run batch file and each variable
cmd /c "VsDevCmd.bat&set" |
foreach{
if($_ -match "=") {
$v = $_.split("=");
Set-Item -force -path "ENV:\$($v[0])" -value "$($v[1])"
}
}
# return to cwd
popd
Write-Host "`nVisual Studio 2015 Command Prompt variables set." -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
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