⚡ PowerShell Startup Animation

A fully customized PowerShell startup animation featuring a loading bar, Windows 11 logo with slide effect, ASCII art title with diagonal flash, and a persistent green-on-black prompt theme.

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📸 Preview

--- ESTABLISHING SECURE CONNECTION ---

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$$ | / \ $$ |$$/  _______    ____$$ |  ______   _______    / $$ |  / $$ |
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PS C:\Users\YourName>

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✨ Features

• Loading bar — Animated progress bar from 0% to 100% with cyan fill
• Windows 11 logo — ASCII block logo split in two halves with a slide offset animation
• Diagonal flash effect — Cyan highlight sweeping across the ASCII title from left to right
• Green prompt — Persistent green-on-black PowerShell prompt after the animation
• Hidden cursor — Cursor is hidden during animation for a clean look
• Auto-centered — All elements dynamically centered based on terminal width

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📁 File Structure

Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1       # Your PowerShell profile containing the full animation
README.md         # This file

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🚀 Installation

1. Open your PowerShell profile

notepad $PROFILE

If the file does not exist yet, create it first:

New-Item -Path $PROFILE -ItemType File -Force
notepad $PROFILE

2. Paste the animation code

Copy the entire content of profile.ps1 into your profile file and save it.

3. Reload your profile

. $PROFILE

Or simply close and reopen PowerShell.

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⚙️ Configuration

You can easily tweak the animation by modifying these variables at the top of each section:

Variable	Default	Description
$MaxSteps	10	Number of steps in the loading bar
$BarWidth	40	Width of the loading bar in characters
$MaxOffset	10	Max character offset for the logo slide effect
$Steps	20	Number of steps for the slide animation
$FlashWidth	15	Width of the diagonal cyan flash on the title

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🎨 Customization

Change the connection title

$TitleText = "--- ESTABLISHING SECURE CONNECTION ---"

Replace with any text you want.

Change the ASCII title

The $BigTitle array contains the large ASCII art. You can generate your own at patorjk.com/software/taag.

Change colors

All colors use PowerShell's standard -ForegroundColor and -BackgroundColor parameters. Available colors: Black, DarkBlue, DarkGreen, DarkCyan, DarkRed, DarkMagenta, DarkYellow, Gray, DarkGray, Blue, Green, Cyan, Red, Magenta, Yellow, White.

Change the prompt color

At the bottom of the script, modify the prompt function:

function prompt {
    Write-Host "PS $($executionContext.SessionState.Path.CurrentLocation)>" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
    return " "
}

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🔧 Troubleshooting

The animation doesn't run on startup

Make sure your execution policy allows running scripts:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Characters look broken or misaligned

Make sure your terminal font supports block characters (█, #). Recommended fonts:

• Cascadia Code (default Windows Terminal font)
• Consolas
• JetBrains Mono

Skip the animation temporarily

Launch PowerShell without loading the profile:

powershell -NoProfile

The terminal is too narrow

The animation is optimized for a terminal width of at least 120 characters. You can resize your window or change the default size in Windows Terminal settings.

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📋 Requirements

• Windows PowerShell 5.1+ or PowerShell 7+
• Windows Terminal (recommended) or any terminal that supports ANSI colors
• A monospace font with Unicode block character support

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📄 License

This project is open-source and free to use, modify, and share.

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Made with by Artleboss2