cm_ExecutePowerShell

[wanderer]

Would such an internal command (cm_ExecutePowerShell) be useful? Perhaps it would be. Recently i have installed MS's new powershell (v7) and it would be nice if there was such a command in TC, which would find the latest version installed on the PC and execute it...

I don't know how easy this would be, if there is perhaps a registry setting pointing to the latest ps version, but IMO it would be useful.

[Horst.Epp]

What is the problem to make a button for users which are interested on Powershell.
If they can't do that it makes no sense to learn or use Powershell

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe
-NoExit
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PowerShell in current path

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[wanderer]

What is the problem to make a button for users which are interested on Powershell.
If they can't do that it makes no sense to learn or use Powershell

Well, the "problem" would be that in every new version they release, the path will change (C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7, 8, 9, etc...) and if you want the latest version, you will have to change the button every time. On one PC, you will say "oh well, ok, let's do it", but who works on one PC only these days...

[Dalai]

Well, you could still write some script (e.g. Batch, AHK, AutoIt, VBS) that determines the thing you need (the version number) and launches PowerShell afterwards.

Regards
Dalai

[wanderer]

Well, you could still write some script

Of course, but it would be cleaner if it existed in TC (if there's a straight-forward way).

[wanderer]

Hmmm, ok, the usual MS mess...

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\3
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShellCore\InstalledVersions\31ab5147-9a97-4452-8443-d9709f0516e1\SemanticVersion = 7.1.3
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShellCore\ProgramsMenuShortcut\7\installed = 1

A different method in each version. Great... :/ Not to mention the different installation paths...

[sqa_wizard]

Just do it the smart way, quick and dirty:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
powershell

shell32.dll,34
Powershell


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[wanderer]

Just do it the smart way, quick and dirty

Hmmm... I just tried it and it loaded the newest version. Is it guarantied that it will always do so?

EDIT: The more strange thing is that in the path, powershell 1.0 appears before powershell 7...

[Stefan2]

...
. Is it guarantied that it will always do so?
...

Me think yes.


Check your registry for
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\PowerShell.exe

I have (on w10) still the old default since win7
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe


What do you have there?




 

[wanderer]

What do you have there?

%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe

(the same). Typing "powershell" in a command prompt executes the old one. Typing the same in search, fetches the new one (first). It doesn't seem consistent...