I spotted news last week that Microsoft released a new updated version (4.0) of PowerShell.
Download Windows Management Framework 4.0 - Microsoft Download Center
I thought I read and had met all the prerequisites successfully, so I installed away. Only when I checked the installed version it still reported 3.0. Hmmm.
I checked the “Add/Remove” program list and didn’t find the update listed in the Windows components. Strange. And when I tried to reinstall it, it said it was already installed…despite not being listed in the installed components.
What gives.
Long story short, after additional troubleshooting I found out that a required component for PowerShell 4.0 was missing. WMF 4.0 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
I thought I had it on already, but turned out I had .NET Framework 4.0. My bad.
So I downloaded the .NET Framework 4.5 from the Microsoft Download Center and got it on my system, then reinstalled WMF 4.0 one more time.
This time it took and a version-check in PowerShell showed the new version was present.
A few days later this issue became pretty common information so you may want to consult this post if you haven’t figured it out yet. It has great technical details.
- WMF 4.0 - Known Issue: Partial Installation without .NET Framework 4.5 - Windows PowerShell Blog
Related:
- PowerTip: Find if Computer has .NET Framework 4.5 - Hey, Scripting Guy! blog
So now what?
- PowerShell 4.0 – A first look - 4sysops - Guest author Jeffery Hicks has a great pre-release review and rundown.
Cheers.
Claus Valca
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