http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/07/25/naming-shells-and-consoles.aspxRecently a product team asked me what entries they should put into their Program Groups folder. They need an entry to launch their admin GUI and to launch PowerShell with their snapin (they could do this by launching a Minishell which is a non-extensibleen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/07/25/naming-shells-and-consoles.aspx#8779290Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:22:26 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8779290Marty<p>Except to most developers, &quot;Console&quot; means console app (command prompt window class) and the shell means Windows Explorer (GUI). &nbsp;So to me that seems backwards and confusing, the GUI is being called Console and the console is called Shell.</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/07/25/naming-shells-and-consoles.aspx#8779503Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:11:39 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8779503PowerShellTeam<p>@Marty </p> <p>I hear what you are saying but it depends upon your starting point. &nbsp;</p> <p>Pre-Windows - 100% of the world would have told you that Shell is a CLI. &nbsp;Today if you ask non-Windows users what a Shell is, most will tell you it is a CLI.</p> <p>Since around 1996, we had MMC the MicroSoft Management Console - a GUI for doing management.</p> <p>Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]</p> <p>Windows Management Partner Architect</p> <p>Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: &nbsp; &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell">http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell</a></p> <p>Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx</a></p>