Ensure Powershell 7 is the default

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How can I be certain that any calls to/for PowerShell end up with v7 and not v5.x?

Chuck Billow

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Chuck,

What kind of calls? The two programs use different names, i.e. PWSH.exe for V7 and PowerShell.exe for V5.

Unless you enable some additions to File Explorer, double-clicking on a .ps1 file will not run the file but open it in the default editor for .ps1 files, usually Notepad but on my Win 11 machines it’s NotePad++. If you add entries to the Context Menu in File Explorer it will open the version of PS which is setup in the item definition. I have a Run with PowerShell option on my daily driver which opens V5.

On my Win 10 laptop I have both Run with PowerShell7 and Run with PowerShell selections.

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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RG, I get it.  I suppose running v5 alongside v7 just had me a little concerned that compatibility wouldn’t ever be an issue.

Chuck Billow

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