René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"$PWD, at launch from taskbar, should default to $home on Windows","articleBody":"Steps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\n- Set the content of `$PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts` (`profile.ps1` under `$home\\Documents\\PowerShell`) to print $PWD (such as `Write-Verbose -Message $pwd -Verbose`)\r\n- Launch PWSH or PWSH-Preview from taskbar icon\r\n- Does **NOT** repro if starting PWSH or PWSH-Preview using full path\r\n\r\n\u003e Note: The shortcut **Target** property is set to `\"C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\6 (or 6-preview)\\pwsh.exe\" -WorkingDirectory ~`\r\n\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\n- It should list user's `$home` as the current working directory\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\n- It produces `VERBOSE: C:\\WINDOWS\\system32` as the output\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e $PSVersionTable\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      6.1.0 or 6.2.0-preview.1\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    6.1.0 or 6.2.0-preview.1\r\nOS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.17763\r\nPlatform                       Win32NT\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/HemantMahawar","@type":"Person","name":"HemantMahawar"},"datePublished":"2018-10-29T18:47:37.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/8144/PowerShell/issues/8144"}