diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/NppCommands.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/NppCommands.cpp
index d43ed45c..f42bef57 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/NppCommands.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/NppCommands.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void Notepad_plus::command(int id)
 
 		case IDM_FILE_OPEN_CMD:
 		{
-			Command cmd(TEXT("cmd"));
+			Command cmd(NppParameters::getInstance().getNppGUI()._commandLineInterpreter.c_str());
 			cmd.run(_pPublicInterface->getHSelf(), TEXT("$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"));
 		}
 		break;
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
index d7bed691..1bbbd30e 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
@@ -2076,7 +2076,6 @@ bool NppParameters::getSessionFromXmlTree(TiXmlDocument *pSessionDoc, Session *p
 					(childNode->ToElement())->Attribute(TEXT("endPos"), &position._endPos);
 					(childNode->ToElement())->Attribute(TEXT("selMode"), &position._selMode);
 					(childNode->ToElement())->Attribute(TEXT("scrollWidth"), &position._scrollWidth);
-
 					MapPosition mapPosition;
 					int32_t mapPosVal;
 					const TCHAR *mapPosStr = (childNode->ToElement())->Attribute(TEXT("mapFirstVisibleDisplayLine"), &mapPosVal);
@@ -5096,7 +5095,16 @@ void NppParameters::feedGUIParameters(TiXmlNode *node)
 			const TCHAR * optDocPeekOnMap = element->Attribute(TEXT("docPeekOnMap"));
 			if (optDocPeekOnMap)
 				_nppGUI._isDocPeekOnMap = (lstrcmp(optDocPeekOnMap, TEXT("yes")) == 0);
-
+		}
+		else if (!lstrcmp(nm, TEXT("commandLineInterpreter")))
+		{
+			TiXmlNode *node = childNode->FirstChild();
+			if (node)
+			{
+				const TCHAR *cli = node->Value();
+				if (cli && cli[0])
+					_nppGUI._commandLineInterpreter.assign(cli);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -5861,6 +5869,14 @@ void NppParameters::createXmlTreeFromGUIParams()
 		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("onAnotherView"), _nppGUI._smartHiliteOnAnotherView ? TEXT("yes") : TEXT("no"));
 	}
 
+	// <GUIConfig name="commandLineInterpreter">powershell</GUIConfig>
+	if (_nppGUI._commandLineInterpreter.compare(TEXT("cmd")))
+	{
+		TiXmlElement *GUIConfigElement = (newGUIRoot->InsertEndChild(TiXmlElement(TEXT("GUIConfig"))))->ToElement();
+		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("name"), TEXT("commandLineInterpreter"));
+		GUIConfigElement->InsertEndChild(TiXmlText(_nppGUI._commandLineInterpreter.c_str()));
+	}
+
 	// <GUIConfig name="ScintillaPrimaryView" lineNumberMargin="show" bookMarkMargin="show" indentGuideLine="show" folderMarkStyle="box" lineWrapMethod="aligned" currentLineHilitingShow="show" scrollBeyondLastLine="no" disableAdvancedScrolling="no" wrapSymbolShow="hide" Wrap="no" borderEdge="yes" edge="no" edgeNbColumn="80" zoom="0" zoom2="0" whiteSpaceShow="hide" eolShow="hide" borderWidth="2" smoothFont="no" />
 	writeScintillaParams();
 
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
index 715be818..f37edc86 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
@@ -857,6 +857,8 @@ struct NppGUI final
 	generic_string _definedSessionExt;
 	generic_string _definedWorkspaceExt;
 
+	generic_string _commandLineInterpreter = TEXT("cmd");
+
 	struct AutoUpdateOptions
 	{
 		bool _doAutoUpdate = true;
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/FileBrowser/fileBrowser.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/FileBrowser/fileBrowser.cpp
index 5ef8c3ef..ddee5a31 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/FileBrowser/fileBrowser.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/FileBrowser/fileBrowser.cpp
@@ -779,9 +779,7 @@ void FileBrowser::popupMenuCmd(int cmdID)
 			generic_string path = getNodePath(selectedNode);
 			if (::PathFileExists(path.c_str()))
 			{
-				TCHAR cmdStr[1024];
-				wsprintf(cmdStr, TEXT("cmd"));
-				Command cmd(cmdStr);
+				Command cmd(NppParameters::getInstance().getNppGUI()._commandLineInterpreter.c_str());
 				cmd.run(nullptr, path.c_str());
 			}
 		}