Recently, I’ve been getting very annoyed by the length of the default PowerShell prompt. Most of my work starts in my Documents folder, so with the default prompt, I’m working with C:UsersusernameDocuments. But more often, it’s closer to C:UsersusernameDocuments_ProjectsProjectSection and with some projects, even longer. Before you know it, you’re line-wrapping for anything more than running a cmdlet with no parameters.
Sure, it’s better than C:Documents and SettingsusernameMy Documents (props to Microsoft for cleaning that up in post-XP releases), but sometimes it’s still not enough.