Let's get started!

1. Get Windows Terminal, get PowerShell (not a windows PowerShell) and set it as default:

   • Get Windows Terminal free from the store or GitHub releases page
   • Get PowerShell free from the store
   • Set it as default in terminal -> Settings -> Startup -> Default profile
     

2. (OPTIONAL) Change Terminal/Console fonts (includes hundreds of special characters that you can use to make your prompt cooler):

   • Download Cascaydia Cove Nerd Fonts from here
     
   • Unpack and install them in the standard way (right click on the font -> install)
   • Change font in PowerShell profile to CascaydiaCove NF: Terminal -> Settings -> Profiles -> PowerShell -> Appearance -> Font face
     

3. Install and use "Starship" The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!:

   • Install Starship with command winget install --id Starship.Starship and restart shell (terminal) to reload PATH
   • Edit $PROFILE and add the following line Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell) and for the changes to take effect, restart the shell.
   • Change default configuration file location with STARSHIP_CONFIG environment variable, just add the following line to the $PROFILE - $ENV:STARSHIP_CONFIG = "$HOME\example\non\default\path\starship.toml"
   • Open configuration file notepad "$HOME\example\non\default\path\starship.toml" and insert my configuration starship.toml into it.

4. Installing additional features:

   • Installing color icons in the directory and files listing!
     • Run the command Install-Module -Name Terminal-Icons -Repository PSGallery And then add one line to my $PROFILE Import-Module -Name Terminal-Icons. Now if you run the command ls you will see this
       

   • PSReadLine provides an improved command-line editing experience in the PowerShell console:

     • Run Install-Module PSReadLine -AllowPrerelease -Force and add the following line to $PROFILE Import-Module PSReadLine
     • Enable Predictive IntelliSense

       Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
       Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionViewStyle ListView
       Set-PSReadLineOption -EditMode Windows
       

     After saving $PROFILE and restarting the shell, you will have an ANSI-style list with a prediction of what you want to see next and a history of what you have already used.

   • For easy navigation through the list that we have set above, it is necessary to add the following lines to the $PROFILE

     Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key UpArrow -Function HistorySearchBackward
     Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key DownArrow -Function HistorySearchForward
     

     Use the up and down arrows to navigate through the sheet

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My final result

• general user
  
• administrator
  
• python info