PowerCLI autocompletion for Notepad++
Notepad++ supports Powershell from version v5.6 but the VMware PowerCLI cmdlets aren’t included.
So I created PowerCLI Language definition file for syntax highlighting. It contains the cmdlets available in vSphere PowerCLI 4 Update 1 and vCenter Update Manager PowerCLI 4 Update 1.
  1Add-PassthroughDevice 
  2Add-VMHost
  3Add-VmHostNtpServer 
  4Apply-DrsRecommendation 
  5Apply-VMHostProfile
  6Connect-VIServer 
  7Copy-DatastoreItem 
  8Copy-HardDisk 
  9Copy-VMGuestFile
 10Disconnect-VIServer 
 11Dismount-Tools 
 12Export-VApp 
 13Export-VMHostProfile
 14Get-Annotation 
 15Get-CDDrive
 16Get-Cluster 
 17Get-CustomAttribute
 18Get-Datacenter 
 19Get-Datastore 
 20Get-DrsRecommendation 
 21Get-DrsRule
 22Get-FloppyDrive 
 23Get-Folder 
 24Get-HardDisk 
 25Get-Inventory 
 26Get-IScsiHbaTarget
 27Get-Log 
 28Get-LogType 
 29Get-NetworkAdapter 
 30Get-NicTeamingPolicy
 31Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping 
 32Get-OSCustomizationSpec
 33Get-PassthroughDevice 
 34Get-PowerCLIConfiguration 
 35Get-PowerCLIVersion
 36Get-ResourcePool 
 37Get-ScsiLun 
 38Get-ScsiLunPath 
 39Get-Snapshot 
 40Get-Stat
 41Get-StatInterval 
 42Get-StatType
 43Get-Task 
 44Get-Template 
 45Get-UsbDevice
 46Get-VApp 
 47Get-VICredentialStoreItem 
 48Get-VIEvent 
 49Get-View
 50Get-VIObjectByVIView 
 51Get-VIPermission 
 52Get-VIPrivilege 
 53Get-VIRole
 54Get-VirtualPortGroup 
 55Get-VirtualSwitch 
 56Get-VM 
 57Get-VMGuest
 58Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface 
 59Get-VMGuestRoute 
 60Get-VMHost
 61Get-VMHostAccount 
 62Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration
 63Get-VMHostAvailableTimeZone 
 64Get-VMHostDiagnosticPartition
 65Get-VMHostFirewallDefaultPolicy 
 66Get-VMHostFirewallException
 67Get-VMHostFirmware 
 68Get-VMHostHba 
 69Get-VMHostModule 
 70Get-VMHostNetwork
 71Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter 
 72Get-VMHostNtpServer 
 73Get-VMHostProfile
 74Get-VMHostService 
 75Get-VMHostSnmp 
 76Get-VMHostStartPolicy 
 77Get-VMHostStorage
 78Get-VMHostSysLogServer 
 79Get-VMQuestion 
 80Get-VMResourceConfiguration
 81Get-VMStartPolicy 
 82Import-VApp 
 83Import-VMHostProfile 
 84Install-VMHostPatch
 85Invoke-VMScript 
 86Mount-Tools 
 87Move-Cluster 
 88Move-Datacenter
 89Move-Folder
 90Move-Inventory 
 91Move-ResourcePool 
 92Move-Template 
 93Move-VM
 94Move-VMHost
 95New-CDDrive 
 96New-Cluster
 97New-CustomAttribute 
 98New-CustomField
 99New-Datacenter 
100New-Datastore 
101New-DrsRule 
102New-FloppyDrive 
103New-Folder
104New-HardDisk 
105New-IScsiHbaTarget 
106New-NetworkAdapter
107New-OSCustomizationNicMapping 
108New-OSCustomizationSpec
109New-ResourcePool
110New-Snapshot 
111New-StatInterval 
112New-Template 
113New-VApp
114New-VICredentialStoreItem 
115New-VIPermission 
116New-VIRole
117New-VirtualPortGroup 
118New-VirtualSwitch 
119New-VM 
120New-VMGuestRoute
121New-VMHostAccount 
122New-VMHostNetworkAdapter 
123New-VMHostProfile
124Remove-CDDrive 
125Remove-Cluster 
126Remove-CustomAttribute 
127Remove-CustomField
128Remove-Datacenter 
129Remove-Datastore 
130Remove-DrsRule 
131Remove-FloppyDrive
132Remove-Folder 
133Remove-HardDisk 
134Remove-Inventory 
135Remove-IScsiHbaTarget
136Remove-NetworkAdapter 
137Remove-OSCustomizationNicMap...
138Remove-OSCustomizationSpec 
139Remove-PassthroughDevice 
140Remove-ResourcePool
141Remove-Snapshot 
142Remove-StatInterval 
143Remove-Template 
144Remove-UsbDevice
145Remove-VApp 
146Remove-VICredentialStoreItem 
147Remove-VIPermission
148Remove-VIRole 
149Remove-VirtualPortGroup 
150Remove-VirtualSwitch 
151Remove-VM
152Remove-VMGuestRoute 
153Remove-VMHost 
154Remove-VMHostAccount
155Remove-VMHostNetworkAdapter Remove-VMHostNtpServer Remove-VMHostProfile
156Restart-VM Restart-VMGuest Restart-VMHost Restart-VMHostService
157Set-Annotation Set-CDDrive Set-Cluster Set-CustomAttribute
158Set-CustomField Set-Datacenter Set-Datastore Set-DrsRule Set-FloppyDrive
159Set-Folder Set-HardDisk Set-IScsiHbaTarget Set-NetworkAdapter
160Set-NicTeamingPolicy Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping
161Set-OSCustomizationSpec Set-PowerCLIConfiguration Set-ResourcePool
162Set-ScsiLun Set-ScsiLunPath Set-Snapshot Set-StatInterval Set-Template
163Set-VApp Set-VIPermission Set-VIRole Set-VirtualPortGroup
164Set-VirtualSwitch Set-VM Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface Set-VMGuestRoute
165Set-VMHost Set-VMHostAccount Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration
166Set-VMHostDiagnosticPartition Set-VMHostFirewallDefaultPolicy
167Set-VMHostFirewallException Set-VMHostFirmware Set-VMHostHba
168Set-VMHostModule Set-VMHostNetwork Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter
169Set-VMHostProfile Set-VMHostService Set-VMHostSnmp Set-VMHostStartPolicy
170Set-VMHostStorage Set-VMHostSysLogServer Set-VMQuestion
171Set-VMResourceConfiguration Set-VMStartPolicy Shutdown-VMGuest
172Start-VApp Start-VM Start-VMHost Start-VMHostService Stop-Task Stop-VApp
173Stop-VM Stop-VMHost Stop-VMHostService Suspend-VM Suspend-VMGuest
174Suspend-VMHost Test-VMHostProfileCompliance Test-VMHostSnmp Update-Tools
175Wait-Task Attach-Baseline Detach-Baseline Download-Patch Get-Baseline
176Get-Compliance Get-Patch Get-PatchBaseline New-PatchBaseline
177Remediate-Inventory Remove-Baseline Scan-Inventory Set-PatchBaseline
178Stage-Patch
179Answer-VMQuestion 
180Get-ESX
181Get-PowerCLIDocumentation 
182Get-VC Get-VIServer 
183Get-VIToolkitConfiguration
184Get-VIToolkitVersion 
185Set-VIToolkitConfiguration
To add PowerCLI as a user-defined language %APPDATA%Notepad++userDefineLang.xml and add the above configuration to this file.
Secondly I created a PowerCLI auto-completion file which contains the same PowerCLI cmdlets. This configuration needs to be added to C:Program FilesNotepad++pluginsAPIsPowerCLI.xml. The name of the auto-completion file needs to be the same as defined in the user-defined language definition file.
  1<NotepadPlus>;  
  2<AutoComplete>  
  3<KeyWord name="Add-PassthroughDevice"/>  
  4<KeyWord name="Add-VMHost"/>  
  5<KeyWord name="Add-VmHostNtpServer"/>  
  6<KeyWord name="Answer-VMQuestion"/>  
  7<KeyWord name="Apply-DrsRecommendation"/>  
  8<KeyWord name="Apply-VMHostProfile"/>  
  9<KeyWord name="Attach-Baseline"/>  
 10<KeyWord name="Connect-VIServer"/>  
 11<KeyWord name="Copy-DatastoreItem"/>  
 12<KeyWord name="Copy-HardDisk"/>  
 13<KeyWord name="Copy-VMGuestFile"/>  
 14<KeyWord name="Detach-Baseline"/>  
 15<KeyWord name="Disconnect-VIServer"/>  
 16<KeyWord name="Dismount-Tools"/>  
 17<KeyWord name="Download-Patch"/>  
 18<KeyWord name="Export-VApp"/>  
 19<KeyWord name="Export-VMHostProfile"/>  
 20<KeyWord name="Get-Annotation"/>  
 21<KeyWord name="Get-Baseline"/>  
 22<KeyWord name="Get-CDDrive"/>  
 23<KeyWord name="Get-Cluster"/>  
 24<KeyWord name="Get-Compliance"/>  
 25<KeyWord name="Get-CustomAttribute"/>  
 26<KeyWord name="Get-Datacenter"/>  
 27<KeyWord name="Get-Datastore"/>  
 28<KeyWord name="Get-DrsRecommendation"/>  
 29<KeyWord name="Get-DrsRule"/>  
 30<KeyWord name="Get-ESX"/>  
 31<KeyWord name="Get-FloppyDrive"/>  
 32<KeyWord name="Get-Folder"/>  
 33<KeyWord name="Get-HardDisk"/>  
 34<KeyWord name="Get-IScsiHbaTarget"/>  
 35<KeyWord name="Get-Inventory"/>  
 36<KeyWord name="Get-Log"/>  
 37<KeyWord name="Get-LogType"/>  
 38<KeyWord name="Get-NetworkAdapter"/>  
 39<KeyWord name="Get-NicTeamingPolicy"/>  
 40<KeyWord name="Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping"/>  
 41<KeyWord name="Get-OSCustomizationSpec"/>  
 42<KeyWord name="Get-PassthroughDevice"/>  
 43<KeyWord name="Get-Patch"/>  
 44<KeyWord name="Get-PatchBaseline"/>  
 45<KeyWord name="Get-PowerCLIConfiguration"/>  
 46<KeyWord name="Get-PowerCLIDocumentation"/>  
 47<KeyWord name="Get-PowerCLIVersion"/>  
 48<KeyWord name="Get-ResourcePool"/>  
 49<KeyWord name="Get-ScsiLun"/>  
 50<KeyWord name="Get-ScsiLunPath"/>  
 51<KeyWord name="Get-Snapshot"/>  
 52<KeyWord name="Get-Stat"/>  
 53<KeyWord name="Get-StatInterval"/>  
 54<KeyWord name="Get-StatType"/>  
 55<KeyWord name="Get-Task"/>  
 56<KeyWord name="Get-Template"/>  
 57<KeyWord name="Get-UsbDevice"/>  
 58<KeyWord name="Get-VApp"/>  
 59<KeyWord name="Get-VC"/>  
 60<KeyWord name="Get-VICredentialStoreItem"/>  
 61<KeyWord name="Get-VIEvent"/>  
 62<KeyWord name="Get-VIObjectByVIView"/>  
 63<KeyWord name="Get-VIPermission"/>  
 64<KeyWord name="Get-VIPrivilege"/>  
 65<KeyWord name="Get-VIRole"/>  
 66<KeyWord name="Get-VIServer"/>  
 67<KeyWord name="Get-VIToolkitConfiguration"/>  
 68<KeyWord name="Get-VIToolkitVersion"/>  
 69<KeyWord name="Get-VM"/>  
 70<KeyWord name="Get-VMGuest"/>  
 71<KeyWord name="Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface"/>  
 72<KeyWord name="Get-VMGuestRoute"/>  
 73<KeyWord name="Get-VMHost"/>  
 74<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostAccount"/>  
 75<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration"/>  
 76<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostAvailableTimeZone"/>  
 77<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostDiagnosticPartition"/>  
 78<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostFirewallDefaultPolicy"/>  
 79<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostFirewallException"/>  
 80<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostFirmware"/>  
 81<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostHba"/>  
 82<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostModule"/>  
 83<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostNetwork"/>  
 84<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter"/>  
 85<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostNtpServer"/>  
 86<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostProfile"/>  
 87<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostService"/>  
 88<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostSnmp"/>  
 89<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostStartPolicy"/>  
 90<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostStorage"/>  
 91<KeyWord name="Get-VMHostSysLogServer"/>  
 92<KeyWord name="Get-VMQuestion"/>  
 93<KeyWord name="Get-VMResourceConfiguration"/>  
 94<KeyWord name="Get-VMStartPolicy"/>  
 95<KeyWord name="Get-View"/>  
 96<KeyWord name="Get-VirtualPortGroup"/>  
 97<KeyWord name="Get-VirtualSwitch"/>  
 98<KeyWord name="Import-VApp"/>  
 99<KeyWord name="Import-VMHostProfile"/>  
100<KeyWord name="Install-VMHostPatch"/>  
101<KeyWord name="Invoke-VMScript"/>  
102<KeyWord name="Mount-Tools"/>  
103<KeyWord name="Move-Cluster"/>  
104<KeyWord name="Move-Datacenter"/>  
105<KeyWord name="Move-Folder"/>  
106<KeyWord name="Move-Inventory"/>  
107<KeyWord name="Move-ResourcePool"/>  
108<KeyWord name="Move-Template"/>  
109<KeyWord name="Move-VM"/>  
110<KeyWord name="Move-VMHost"/>  
111<KeyWord name="New-CDDrive"/>  
112<KeyWord name="New-Cluster"/>  
113<KeyWord name="New-CustomAttribute"/>  
114<KeyWord name="New-CustomField"/>  
115<KeyWord name="New-Datacenter"/>  
116<KeyWord name="New-Datastore"/>  
117<KeyWord name="New-DrsRule"/>  
118<KeyWord name="New-FloppyDrive"/>  
119<KeyWord name="New-Folder"/>  
120<KeyWord name="New-HardDisk"/>  
121<KeyWord name="New-IScsiHbaTarget"/>  
122<KeyWord name="New-NetworkAdapter"/>  
123<KeyWord name="New-OSCustomizationNicMapping"/>  
124<KeyWord name="New-OSCustomizationSpec"/>  
125<KeyWord name="New-PatchBaseline"/>  
126<KeyWord name="New-ResourcePool"/>  
127<KeyWord name="New-Snapshot"/>  
128<KeyWord name="New-StatInterval"/>  
129<KeyWord name="New-Template"/>  
130<KeyWord name="New-VApp"/>  
131<KeyWord name="New-VICredentialStoreItem"/>  
132<KeyWord name="New-VIPermission"/>  
133<KeyWord name="New-VIRole"/>  
134<KeyWord name="New-VM"/>  
135<KeyWord name="New-VMGuestRoute"/>  
136<KeyWord name="New-VMHostAccount"/>  
137<KeyWord name="New-VMHostNetworkAdapter"/>  
138<KeyWord name="New-VMHostProfile"/>  
139<KeyWord name="New-VirtualPortGroup"/>  
140<KeyWord name="New-VirtualSwitch"/>  
141<KeyWord name="Remediate-Inventory"/>  
142<KeyWord name="Remove-Baseline"/>  
143<KeyWord name="Remove-CDDrive"/>  
144<KeyWord name="Remove-Cluster"/>  
145<KeyWord name="Remove-CustomAttribute"/>  
146<KeyWord name="Remove-CustomField"/>  
147<KeyWord name="Remove-Datacenter"/>  
148<KeyWord name="Remove-Datastore"/>  
149<KeyWord name="Remove-DrsRule"/>  
150<KeyWord name="Remove-FloppyDrive"/>  
151<KeyWord name="Remove-Folder"/>  
152<KeyWord name="Remove-HardDisk"/>  
153<KeyWord name="Remove-IScsiHbaTarget"/>  
154<KeyWord name="Remove-Inventory"/>  
155<KeyWord name="Remove-NetworkAdapter"/>  
156<KeyWord name="Remove-OSCustomizationNicMap..."/>  
157<KeyWord name="Remove-OSCustomizationSpec"/>  
158<KeyWord name="Remove-PassthroughDevice"/>  
159<KeyWord name="Remove-ResourcePool"/>  
160<KeyWord name="Remove-Snapshot"/>  
161<KeyWord name="Remove-StatInterval"/>  
162<KeyWord name="Remove-Template"/>  
163<KeyWord name="Remove-UsbDevice"/>  
164<KeyWord name="Remove-VApp"/>  
165<KeyWord name="Remove-VICredentialStoreItem"/>  
166<KeyWord name="Remove-VIPermission"/>  
167<KeyWord name="Remove-VIRole"/>  
168<KeyWord name="Remove-VM"/>  
169<KeyWord name="Remove-VMGuestRoute"/>  
170<KeyWord name="Remove-VMHost"/>  
171<KeyWord name="Remove-VMHostAccount"/>  
172<KeyWord name="Remove-VMHostNetworkAdapter"/>  
173<KeyWord name="Remove-VMHostNtpServer"/>  
174<KeyWord name="Remove-VMHostProfile"/>  
175<KeyWord name="Remove-VirtualPortGroup"/>  
176<KeyWord name="Remove-VirtualSwitch"/>  
177<KeyWord name="Restart-VM"/>  
178<KeyWord name="Restart-VMGuest"/>  
179<KeyWord name="Restart-VMHost"/>  
180<KeyWord name="Restart-VMHostService"/>  
181<KeyWord name="Scan-Inventory"/>  
182<KeyWord name="Set-Annotation"/>  
183<KeyWord name="Set-CDDrive"/>  
184<KeyWord name="Set-Cluster"/>  
185<KeyWord name="Set-CustomAttribute"/>  
186<KeyWord name="Set-CustomField"/>  
187<KeyWord name="Set-Datacenter"/>  
188<KeyWord name="Set-Datastore"/>  
189<KeyWord name="Set-DrsRule"/>  
190<KeyWord name="Set-FloppyDrive"/>  
191<KeyWord name="Set-Folder"/>  
192<KeyWord name="Set-HardDisk"/>  
193<KeyWord name="Set-IScsiHbaTarget"/>  
194<KeyWord name="Set-NetworkAdapter"/>  
195<KeyWord name="Set-NicTeamingPolicy"/>  
196<KeyWord name="Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping"/>  
197<KeyWord name="Set-OSCustomizationSpec"/>  
198<KeyWord name="Set-PatchBaseline"/>  
199<KeyWord name="Set-PowerCLIConfiguration"/>  
200<KeyWord name="Set-ResourcePool"/>  
201<KeyWord name="Set-ScsiLun"/>  
202<KeyWord name="Set-ScsiLunPath"/>  
203<KeyWord name="Set-Snapshot"/>  
204<KeyWord name="Set-StatInterval"/>  
205<KeyWord name="Set-Template"/>  
206<KeyWord name="Set-VApp"/>  
207<KeyWord name="Set-VIPermission"/>  
208<KeyWord name="Set-VIRole"/>  
209<KeyWord name="Set-VM"/>  
210<KeyWord name="Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface"/>  
211<KeyWord name="Set-VMGuestRoute"/>  
212<KeyWord name="Set-VMHost"/>  
213<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostAccount"/>  
214<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration"/>  
215<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostDiagnosticPartition"/>  
216<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostFirewallDefaultPolicy"/>  
217<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostFirewallException"/>  
218<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostFirmware"/>  
219<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostHba"/>  
220<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostModule"/>  
221<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostNetwork"/>  
222<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter"/>  
223<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostProfile"/>  
224<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostService"/>  
225<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostSnmp"/>  
226<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostStartPolicy"/>  
227<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostStorage"/>  
228<KeyWord name="Set-VMHostSysLogServer"/>  
229<KeyWord name="Set-VMQuestion"/>  
230<KeyWord name="Set-VMResourceConfiguration"/>  
231<KeyWord name="Set-VMStartPolicy"/>  
232<KeyWord name="Set-VirtualPortGroup"/>  
233<KeyWord name="Set-VirtualSwitch"/>  
234<KeyWord name="Shutdown-VMGuest"/>  
235<KeyWord name="Stage-Patch"/>  
236<KeyWord name="Start-VApp"/>  
237<KeyWord name="Start-VM"/>  
238<KeyWord name="Start-VMHost"/>  
239<KeyWord name="Start-VMHostService"/>  
240<KeyWord name="Stop-Task"/>  
241<KeyWord name="Stop-VApp"/>  
242<KeyWord name="Stop-VM"/>  
243<KeyWord name="Stop-VMHost"/>  
244<KeyWord name="Stop-VMHostService"/>  
245<KeyWord name="Suspend-VM"/>  
246<KeyWord name="Suspend-VMGuest"/>  
247<KeyWord name="Suspend-VMHost"/>  
248<KeyWord name="Test-VMHostProfileCompliance"/>  
249<KeyWord name="Test-VMHostSnmp"/>  
250<KeyWord name="Update-Tools"/>  
251<KeyWord name="Wait-Task "/>