Section A.6. Preference Variables

A.6. Preference Variables

MSH uses several variables to hold the default values to be used when a ubiquitous parameter is not explicitly set on a cmdlet. For cmdlets that respect the ubiquitous parameters, the values of these variables will be used unless explicitly overridden on invocation. See Table A-11 for a list of preference variables.

Table A-11. Preference variables

Variable	Meaning
$ConfirmPreference	Defines the default -Confirm setting
$DebugPreference	Defines the default -Debug setting
$ErrorActionPreference	Defines the default -ErrorAction setting
$VerbosePreference	Defines the default -Verbose setting
$WhatIfPreference	Defines the default -WhatIf setting