PowerTip: Set the color of the progress bar with PowerShell

Summary: Use the $Host object to alter the color of the progress bar in PowerShell.

I was curious if there’s a way to change the color of the progress bar in PowerShell. Do you know how this could be done?

Glad you asked! You can do this by altering the values for ProgressBackGroundColor and ProgressForegroundColor under $Host.PrivateData.

To change to a bright green background with a black foreground, use the following code in PowerShell:

$Host.PrivateData.ProgressBackgroundColor=’Green’
$Host.PrivateData.ProgressForegroundColor=’Black’