title: The term 'mysql -uroot -p' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program
body: <p>i've been trying to add &quot;mysql.exe -uroot -p&quot; as an <strong>alias</strong> in <strong>powershell</strong> but everytime i save the file and start powershell it throws me this error.<br />
  i <strong>have</strong> included mysql in my environment path and it works fine on its own,<br />
  just that i dont wanna type a long command everytime i login.</p>
  <pre><code>mysqlRoot: The term 'mysql.exe -uroot -p' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
  Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
  </code></pre>
  <p><em>things ive tried so far in the powershell profile:</em></p>
  <ul>
  <li>new-alias mysqlRoot &quot;mysql.exe -uroot -p&quot;</li>
  <li>new-alias mysqlRoot mysql.exe -uroot -p   <em>[without quotes basically]</em></li>
  <li>new-alias mysqlRoot &quot;mysql -uroot -p&quot;</li>
  <li>copied the 'mysql -uroot -p' from the command line ,it worked fine.</li>
  </ul>
  <p><strong>please tell me what I'm doing wrong,definitely noob here so please go easy on me</strong></p>