Listing Currently Loaded Format Files

by Jan 8, 2013

The internal PowerShell formatting system (called ETS) relies on XML-based formatting data that comes from .ps1xml files. To see all files currently loaded by PowerShell and 3rd party extensions, use this line:

$host.Runspace.InitialSessionState.Formats | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FileName

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