Skip to main content

Why is the Windows Features window showing PowerShell 2.0 installed?


I'm running a Windows 8 machine. The "Windows Features" window tells my that I'm using PowerShell 2, but the PowerShell environment itself says otherwise, see screenshot below.


Why is the Windows Features window saying I got PowerShell 2.0?


Screenshot of



Answer



PowerShell v3 is build into Windows 8, you can not add/ remove it. v2 is different story - it's optional, system will operate normally without it, so you can disable/ enable it. To use it - you need to run powershell.exe with parameter -version 2 - it should be first parameter on the list for it to work.


Comments