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PowerShell Core is the open source multiplatform version of PowerShell

After v7.4.5 - if a non-chocolatey installed powershell is detected, you must use -force to overwrite it. -force also now works properly to reinstall the same version even when the previous install was chocolatey.

Preview releases are under the package id powershell-preview so that they can be safely installed and maintained side-by-side with the release versions on production systems. Preview versions do not become the default powershell core edition on a system (unless they are the ONLY edition), if you have a preview version installed, access it via pwsh's '-pre' switch.

This package automatically does verbose MSI logging to %temp%\(packagenameandversion).MsiInstall.log

Some helpful install options (any of them can be combined - delimited by space):

* Any MSI Properties the package responds to can be specified in the same way, even if not documented here.

--install-arguments='"DISABLE\_TELEMETRY=1"' -

Valid for PowerShell 7.4 and later - disables built in telemetry.

Read more about PowerShell telemetry here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/new-telemetry-in-powershell-7-preview-3/

--install-arguments='"ADD\_FILE\_CONTEXT\_MENU\_RUNPOWERSHELL=1"'

Installs a right click context menu to run .ps1 scripts in PowerShell Core.

--install-arguments='"ADD\_EXPLORER\_CONTEXT\_MENU\_OPENPOWERSHELL=1"'

Installs a right click context menu to start a PowerShell Core prompt for a specific folder.

--install-arguments='"REGISTER\_MANIFEST=1"'

Causes PowerShell Core to deliver logs to Windows Event logs.

--install-arguments='"ENABLE\_PSREMOTING=1"'

Enable PS remoting during installation.