diff --git a/winpython/portable/launchers_final/scripts/WinPython_PS_Prompt.ps1 b/winpython/portable/launchers_final/scripts/WinPython_PS_Prompt.ps1
index ab69d578..e7cc1331 100644
--- a/winpython/portable/launchers_final/scripts/WinPython_PS_Prompt.ps1
+++ b/winpython/portable/launchers_final/scripts/WinPython_PS_Prompt.ps1
@@ -1,77 +1,47 @@
 ### WinPython_PS_Prompt.ps1 ###
 
-$env:WINPYDIRBASE = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) + "\.."
-# get a normalize path
-$env:WINPYDIRBASE = [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath( $env:WINPYDIRBASE )
+# $env:PYTHONIOENCODING = "utf-8"
 
-$env:WINPYDIR = $env:WINPYDIRBASE+ "\python" 
-# 2019-08-25 pyjulia needs absolutely a variable PYTHON=%WINPYDIR%python.exe
-$env:PYTHON = $env:WINPYDIRBASE+ "\python\python.exe" 
+$tmp_dp0 = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)
+$tmp_output = & ([System.IO.Path]::Combine(  $tmp_dp0 , "..",  "python" , "python.exe")) ([System.IO.Path]::Combine($tmp_dp0 , "WinPythonIni.py"))
 
-# rem 2023-02-12 try utf-8 on console
-$env:PYTHONIOENCODING = "utf-8"
-
-if (-not $env:PATH.ToLower().Contains(";"+ $env:WINPYDIR.ToLower()+ ";"))  {
-  $env:PATH = "$env:WINPYDIR\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5;$env:WINPYDIR\;$env:WINPYDIR\DLLs;$env:WINPYDIR\Scripts;$env:WINPYDIR\..\t;$env:WINPYDIR\..\n;$env:path" }
-
-#rem force default pyqt5 kit for Spyder if PyQt5 module is there
-if (Test-Path "$env:WINPYDIR\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5\__init__.py") { $env:QT_API = "pyqt5" } 
-
-$output = & $env:PYTHON ($env:WINPYDIRBASE + '\scripts\WinPythonIni.py')
-$pairs = $output -split '&&'
-$pair = $pair -replace '^(?i)set\s+',''
-foreach ($pair in $pairs) {
-    $pair = $pair.Trim()
-    if ($pair -eq '') { continue }
+foreach ($tmp_pair in ($tmp_output -split '&&')) {
+    $tmp_pair = $tmp_pair.Trim()
+    if ($tmp_pair -eq '') { continue }
 
     # Remove leading "set " (case-insensitive)
-    $pair = $pair -replace '^(?i)set\s+',''
+    $tmp_pair = $tmp_pair -replace '^(?i)set\s+',''
 
     # Find first '=' so values can contain '='
-    $idx = $pair.IndexOf('=')
-    if ($idx -lt 0) {
-        Write-Warning "Skipping invalid pair (no '='): '$pair'"
+    $tmp_idx = $tmp_pair.IndexOf('=')
+    if ($tmp_idx -lt 0) {
+        Write-Warning "Skipping invalid pair (no '='): '$tmp_pair'"
         continue
     }
 
-    $name  = $pair.Substring(0, $idx).Trim()
-    $value = $pair.Substring($idx + 1).Trim()
+    $tmp_name  = $tmp_pair.Substring(0, $tmp_idx).Trim()
+    $tmp_value = $tmp_pair.Substring($tmp_idx + 1).Trim()
 
     # Unquote a quoted value (single or double quotes)
-    if ($value -match '^(["''])(.*)\1$') { $value = $Matches[2] }
+    if ($tmp_value -match '^(["''])(.*)\1$') { $tmp_value = $Matches[2] }
 
-    # Set as a PowerShell global variable
-    Set-Variable -Name $name -Value $value -Scope Global -Force
-
-    # Also set as environment variable for child processes
-    $env:name = $value
-
-    # If running in GH Actions, also append to GITHUB_ENV so future steps see it
-    if ($env:GITHUB_ENV) {
-        # Use Add-Content to append "NAME=value" to the GITHUB_ENV file
-        # Escape any newlines in $value to avoid breaking the file format
-        $escapedValue = $value -replace "`n", '%0A' -replace "`r", ''
-        Add-Content -Path $env:GITHUB_ENV -Value "$name=$escapedValue"
-    }
-
-    #Write-Host "Set `$${name} = $value"
+    # set as environment variable for child processes like python
+    Set-Item -Path "Env:\$tmp_name" -Value $tmp_value
+    #Write-Host $tmp_name   " = "  $tmp_value
 }
 
-# directory of the running script (fallback to MyInvocation for older hosts)
-$scriptDir = if ($PSScriptRoot) { $PSScriptRoot } else { Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition }
-
-# emulate %__CD% and build scripts\ path
-$envCD = $env:__CD__
-$scriptsPath = if ($envCD) { Join-Path $envCD 'scripts' } else { $null }
+# emulate %__CD%
+$tmp_envCD = $env:__CD__
+if (($tmp_dp0 -eq $tmp_envCD ) -or ($tmp_dp0 -eq { Join-Path $tmp_envCD 'scripts' }  )) {
+        Set-Location -LiteralPath $WINPYWORKDIR1
+}
 
-# target to change into (environment variable WINPYWORKDIR1)
-$target = $WINPYWORKDIR1
+# Clean-up NameSpace
+rv tmp_pair
+rv tmp_name
+rv tmp_value
+rv tmp_idx
 
-if ($target) {
-    if ($scriptsPath -and $scriptDir -and ($scriptsPath -eq $scriptDir)) {
-        Set-Location -LiteralPath $target
-    }
-    elseif ($envCD -and $scriptDir -and ($envCD -eq $scriptDir)) {
-        Set-Location -LiteralPath $target
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+rv tmp_dp0
+rv tmp_output
+rv tmp_envCD