AR Management Shell’s working path defaulting the user who installed the component. (4271845)

You may have noticed that the AR Management Shell working path currently defaults to user who installed the component, instead of the user who is logged into system.

This is a product defect (170388).

WORKAROUND

Option 1 (to default to the logged in user)

1) On the server/client where the AR Management shell is deployed, navigate to:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\One Identity Active Roles 7.x

2) Open the properties of the Management Shell shortcut;

3) On the Shortcut tab, modify the ‘Target’ field with the following value:

C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -command "& {Set-Location $env:userprofile};. 'C:\Program Files\One Identity\Active Roles\7.4\Shell\ManagementShell.ps1'"

Option 2 (to default to C:\)

1) On the server/client where the AR Management shell is deployed, navigate to:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\One Identity Active Roles 7.x

2) Open the properties of the Management Shell shortcut;

3) On the Shortcut tab, modify the 'Start in' field with the following value:

C:\

STATUS:

This will be fixed on a future release of the product. Please refer to this article for updates or contact support referencing the defect ID 170388.