So, as the title says, I would like to change the message from "press enter to continue", to "press enter to return to the menu". is this possible? if so can someone hook me up with a script line for it? I can post the code here if this may help. thank you in advance.
Since pause
is a function, it can be overridden. Let's first see the command:
Get-Command -Name pause | select *
HelpUri :
ScriptBlock : $null = Read-Host 'Press Enter to continue...'
CmdletBinding : False
DefaultParameterSet :
Definition : $null = Read-Host 'Press Enter to continue...'
Options : None
...
As can be seen, the ScriptBlock is quite simple. A change in function definition is like so,
PS C:\> pause
Press Enter to continue...:
PS C:\> function pause{ $null = Read-Host 'Press Any Key or Enter to continue...' }
PS C:\> pause
Press Any Key or Enter to continue...:
PS C:\>
Since it's a built-in function, overriding the message must be done in profile or script file. Otherwise, the default text will re-emerge.