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I am attempting to create a solution to launch remote processes in an environment which is very stable, and I know the user base will have Windows 7 - most will have no updates to it though.

Remote SSIS Package Execution with PowerShell 2.0 says that Windows 7 comes with PowerShell 2.0 and would therefore be capable of the remote execution, but I seem to remember having to upgrade my machine to PowerShell 2. I am currently on v3 of PowerShell and don't have access to the machines on which the script would need to run.

What version of PowerShell comes with Windows 7 out of the box?

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  • You have the correct answer from the horse's mouth... Why ask again? Sep 26, 2013 at 20:13
  • The path it is installed in on one of the machines is %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe It is a strange path to install v2.0, no?
    – Thronk
    Sep 26, 2013 at 20:14
  • I haven't updated Powershell on my Win7 machine and it's on v1.
    – Yass
    Sep 26, 2013 at 20:14
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    @AthomSfere Cross-site duplicates are allowed, and since linked posts don't show up in the sidebar across SE sites, it's useful to have the information here as well. Sep 27, 2013 at 16:30
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    @AthomSfere - Not same question anyway, as it is not "how to determine version" but "what version comes in Win7 without updates.
    – Thronk
    Apr 28, 2014 at 20:25

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I recently installed Windows 7 on a fresh system, and running get-host in PowerShell tells me I'm running version 2.0, even though it's installed in the v1.0 folder.

Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\Users\user> get-host


Name             : ConsoleHost
Version          : 2.0
InstanceId       : 61ef8a3b-0212-4743-87a1-eb2c00fb1e29
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserI
                   nterface
CurrentCulture   : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace
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