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If a value is added to an empty key, then the value stored if prefixed with a semicolon (which consequently breaks the path).

Example:

> Set-EnvironmentVariable -Value "C:\java" -Key "CLASSPATH"
> echo $env:CLASSPATH
;C:\java

Suggested additional features:
Implement an ArgumentCompleter for the Key Parameter in

• Set-EnvironmentVariable
• Get-EnvironmentVariable
• Remove-EnvironmentVariable

Proposal

The Get-Calendar Cmdlet currently pretty-prints a specific month or year to the terminal, but something more useful than that would probably integrate data from Outlook or Gmail in some capacity. That way this new feature could emit an array of PowerShell object with the following properties:

List of proposed parameters:

• Provider (using the ValidateSetAttribute for selecting Microsoft or Google)

Notes

1. It's foreseeable that a Cmdlet with support for multiple Calendar providers would need to be split up into several functions. To keep the underlying functions private, declare these helper methods within the body of the Get-Calendar Cmdlet. One downside of this technique would be that it blows up the Cmdlet body considerably, but on the bright side it emphasizes that all these functions belong together.
2. For Outlook there are at least two viable options for retrieving the Calendar data (COM Object or Microsoft Graph REST API). The first solution would limit Outlook users to Windows computers that already have Office365 installed, and from what I have gathered it's generally discouraged to use COM objects in this day and age. As far as Gmail is concerned, this blog post details the steps required to authenticate an application for accessing the Gmail API using OAuth v2.
3. Clarify how API secrets are going to be stored persistently across all platforms following current best practices?

Since Linux 2.6.24 it is recommended to read this information from /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1, e.g.

PS > cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/capacity
99

or

PS > cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/status
charging

After testing this profile on Linux I noticed a few issues that should be addressed in the next release:

• use : as split character in Get-EnvironmentVariable, Set-EnvironmentVariable and Remove-EnvironmentVariable on Linux
• The prompt function is broken in many ways:
  • $env:USERNAME isn't set by default in Raspbian OS
  • same goes for $env:COMPUTERNAME
  • the active branch isn't detected correctly edit: it works with a fairly new version of Git
• alias winfetch to neofetch on Windows
• the performance (time to load profile) is really bad (Loading personal and system profiles took 4140ms.)
  • configure automatic transcript recording preferences via an environmental variable and opt out by default

Additionally, update the README.md file to include further tips and tricks for Unix-based operating systems.

This Cmdlet should return a custom object with the following properties

• LineEndings: CRLF or LF (as string values)
• Encoding: compare remark [1] (as an enum)

There have been a couple of implementation attempts in the past, though their reliability
is sometimes questionable [2] [3].

[1]: List of common character encodings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding
[2]: C# code from SO: https://stackoverflow.com/a/62814282/10827244
[3]: Some godforsaken batch function, also from SO: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43147510/10827244