diff --git a/provision/windows/ps.ps1 b/provision/windows/ps.ps1
index a01a527..50afa1b 100644
--- a/provision/windows/ps.ps1
+++ b/provision/windows/ps.ps1
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ function choco {
     Start-Choco $Args
 }
 
-cd c:/vagrant/provision/windows
+Set-Location c:/vagrant/provision/windows
 $script = Resolve-Path $script
-cd (Split-Path $script -Parent)
+Set-Location (Split-Path $script -Parent)
 Write-Host "Running $script..."
 . $script @scriptArguments
diff --git a/provision/windows/use-chocolatey-repository.ps1 b/provision/windows/use-chocolatey-repository.ps1
index a2dcf06..d935a32 100644
--- a/provision/windows/use-chocolatey-repository.ps1
+++ b/provision/windows/use-chocolatey-repository.ps1
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SetDefaultBrowser HKLM "Google Chrome"
 Write-Host 'Creating the graceful-terminating-console-application-windows chocolatey package...'
 Push-Location $env:TEMP
 mkdir graceful-terminating-console-application-windows | Out-Null
-cd graceful-terminating-console-application-windows
+Set-Location graceful-terminating-console-application-windows
 Set-Content -Encoding Ascii graceful-terminating-console-application-windows.nuspec @'
 <package>
   <metadata>
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ Pop-Location
 Write-Host 'Installing the graceful-terminating-console-application-windows chocolatey package...'
 choco install -y graceful-terminating-console-application-windows
 Write-Host 'graceful-terminating-console-application-windows installed at:'
-dir C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\graceful-terminating-console-application-windows.exe
+Get-ChildItem C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\graceful-terminating-console-application-windows.exe
diff --git a/provision/windows/use-npm-repository.ps1 b/provision/windows/use-npm-repository.ps1
index 3d2f845..cb47401 100644
--- a/provision/windows/use-npm-repository.ps1
+++ b/provision/windows/use-npm-repository.ps1
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ function external([string]$cmd, [string[]]$arguments) {
 function node { external node.exe $Args }
 function npm { external npm.cmd $Args }
 
-cd $env:USERPROFILE
+Set-Location $env:USERPROFILE
 mkdir tmp | Out-Null
 mkdir tmp/use-npm-repository | Out-Null
-cd tmp/use-npm-repository
+Set-Location tmp/use-npm-repository
 
 #
 # test the npm repositories.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ npm config set registry https://$nexusDomain/repository/npm-group/
 
 # install a package that indirectly uses the npmjs.org-proxy repository.
 mkdir hello-world-win-npm | Out-Null
-pushd hello-world-win-npm
+Push-Location hello-world-win-npm
 Set-Content `
     -Encoding Ascii `
     package.json `
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ npm set "//$nexusDomain/repository/npm-hosted/:_authToken" $npmAuthToken
 # NB instead of using the token from the npm configuration you can
 #    set the NPM_TOKEN environment variable.
 npm publish --registry=$env:NPM_REGISTRY
-popd
+Pop-Location
 
 # use the published package.
 mkdir use-hello-world-win-npm | Out-Null
-pushd use-hello-world-win-npm
+Push-Location use-hello-world-win-npm
 Set-Content `
     -Encoding Ascii `
     hello-world-win.js `
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@ Set-Content `
 '@
 npm install hello-world-win
 node node_modules/hello-world-win/hello-world-win.js
-popd
+Pop-Location
diff --git a/provision/windows/use-powershell-repository.ps1 b/provision/windows/use-powershell-repository.ps1
index deebc80..30fc3ce 100644
--- a/provision/windows/use-powershell-repository.ps1
+++ b/provision/windows/use-powershell-repository.ps1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ New-Item `
     | Out-Null
 
 Write-Host 'Publishing the ExampleGreeter module into the nexus server...'
-cd $env:TEMP
+Set-Location $env:TEMP
 mkdir ExampleGreeter | Out-Null
 Push-Location ExampleGreeter
 Set-Content `