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Change Color of Read-Host Command in PowerShell
Is it possible to change the color of the Read-Host in PowerShell?
Write-Host "Enter your Username:" -ForegroundColor Yellow
$password = Read-Host "Please enter your Password" -ForegroundColor YellowYou can easily change the color in Write-Host using “-ForegroundColor” parameter but when you tried to use “-ForegroundColor” with Read-Host, it’s not worked and print the “-ForegroundColor” in the Read-Host message as follows:
Unfortunately, Read-Host does not have a -ForegroundColor parameter. However, you can use Write-Host with -ForegroundColor as a workaround to use color in Read-Host as below:
Write-Host "Enter your Username:" -ForegroundColor Yellow
#$password = Read-Host "Please enter your Password" -ForegroundColor Yellow
$password = $(Write-Host -NoNewLine) + $(Write-Host "Please enter your Password:" -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewLine; Read-Host)
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