easy way to create aliases to run applications from the console

registerApp.ps1

# properties
$registerApp = new-object psobject -property @{
	name = $null
	path = $null
	type = $null
}

# constructor
function RegisterApp {
	param(
		[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$name,

		[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$path,

		[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][ValidateSet('web', 'tools', 'media')][string]$type
	)
	$app = $RegisterApp.psobject.copy()
	$app.name = $name
	$app.path = $path
	$app.type = $type
	$app
}

$chrome = RegisterApp -name chrome -path 'c:\program files (x86)\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe' -type web

#create a function, usage: type 'chrome' (without quotes) in your console
function chrome { invoke-item $chrome.path }