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Asked: 2026-06-15T17:01:11+00:00

I am starting to use PowerShell for a Windows project using node.js. When running

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I am starting to use PowerShell for a Windows project using node.js. When running many programs (including node, supervisor and npm) from the Powershell commmand line, my PowerShell background and foreground colors start to change from the default Powershell colors. How can I maintain a consistent look within PowerShell so I can easily read the results of running commands?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I have this problem with MSBuild especially when I ctrl+C a build. This is what I put in my profile.ps1 file:

    $OrigBgColor = $host.ui.rawui.BackgroundColor
$OrigFgColor = $host.ui.rawui.ForegroundColor

# MSBUILD has a nasty habit of leaving the foreground color red
# if you Ctrl+C while it is outputting errors.
function Reset-Colors {
    $host.ui.rawui.BackgroundColor = $OrigBgColor
    $host.ui.rawui.ForegroundColor = $OrigFgColor
}

    Then I just invoke Reset-Colors when MSBuild has messed them up.

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