Powershell with multiple tabs

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PowerShell with Multiple Tabs

PowerShell allows you to open multiple tabs within the same session, which can be helpful for managing different tasks simultaneously. Here’s how to use multiple tabs in PowerShell with some examples:

Opening a New Tab

To open a new tab in PowerShell, you can use the following command:

        $Shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$Shell.ShellExecute("powershell.exe", "-noexit -command & { }", "", "open", 1)

This command creates a new instance of the Windows Shell object and executes a new PowerShell session with the option to not exit after running a command (specified as an empty script block {}). The “-noexit” flag ensures the tab remains open.

Switching between Tabs

Once you have multiple tabs open, you can switch between them using the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl + Shift + Tab”. This will cycle through the open tabs in reverse order. You can also cycle forward using “Ctrl + Tab”.

Example: Running Multiple Commands in Different Tabs

Let’s say we have two tasks to perform in separate tabs:

        # Task 1: Displaying the current date and time
$Shell1 = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$Shell1.ShellExecute("powershell.exe", "-noexit -command & { Get-Date }", "", "open", 1)

# Task 2: Listing all files in a specific directory
$Shell2 = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$Shell2.ShellExecute("powershell.exe", "-noexit -command & { Get-ChildItem C:\Temp }", "", "open", 1)

In this example, we create two instances of the Windows Shell object, $Shell1 and $Shell2, and execute separate PowerShell sessions with different commands. The “-noexit” flag ensures that both tabs remain open after running the commands.

Note: The commands and their respective arguments can be customized according to your requirements.

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