Get-PSWorkItemPreference

February 11, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

SYNOPSIS

Get saved PSWorkItem preferences

SYNTAX

Get-PSWorkItemPreference [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

You can use Update-PSWorkItemPreference to export the PSWorkitemCategoryandyourdefaultdatabasetoasettingsfileinPSWorkitemCategory and your default database to a settings file in HOME. Use Get-PSWorkItemPreference to view the file.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-PSWorkItemPreference

   Path: C:\Users\Jeff\PSWorkItem.db [Default Days: 7 Default Category: Work]

Category    ANSIString
--------    ----------
Personal    `e[32m
Work        `e[36m
Event       `e[38;5;153m
Training    `e[94m
Project     `e[38;5;215m
Other       `e[38;5;204m

The category will be displayed using the ANSI color sequence.

PARAMETERS

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None

OUTPUTS

psWorkItemPreference

NOTES

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Update-PSWorkItemPreference