Vista - How to import variable values?

Is there a preferred or recommended way to have an .ini-like file for
Powershell? In a configuration script that I'm writing, I want to be able to
use it at two different locations, which require different values for various
settings.

I was thinking of using the & operator with a separate .ps1 script that
initialized all of the variables to the initial values I wanted, but would an
XML or INI file loaded into a hash-table be more appropriate/best-practice?

Ideally, it would be nice to encrypt the variable files so that I could
maintain them in the same common directory, and specify either (along with
the respective password) from the command line, while at the same time
preventing prying eyes from opening and viewing the contents of those
variables.

I don't know if it's "recommended" or not, but I've done pretty much what
you're asking using export-clixml. If data needs to be loaded into a hash
table, I just construct it as a hash table, and export that. When I need it
back, I just do an import-clixml, and I have my hash table back. As far as
keeping it away from "prying eyes", that's what NTFS permissions are for,
IMHO.

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