Version | Location |
---|---|
Windows 10 | Click left lower corner Windows icon, start typing PowerShell |
Windows 8.1, 8.0 | On the start screen, start typing PowerShell. If on desktop, click left lower corner Windows icon, start typing PowerShell |
Windows 7 SP1 | Click left lower corner Windows icon, on the search box start typing PowerShell |
Version | Location |
---|---|
Windows 10 | Click left lower corner Windows icon, start typing ISE |
Windows 8.1, 8.0 | On the start screen, type PowerShell ISE. If on desktop, click left lower corner Windows icon, type PowerShell ISE |
Windows 7 SP1 | Click left lower corner Windows icon, on the search box start typing PowerShell |
powershell
and press ENTER to start PowerShellinside the command prompt session.Type exit
to terminate the PowerShell session and return to command prompt.$PSVersionTable
and press ENTER. Look for the PSVersion
value.Windows | PS 3.0 | PS 4.0 | PS 5.0 | PS 5.1 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows 10 (see Note1) Windows Server 2016 | - | - | - | installed |
Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 | - | installed | WMF 5.0 | WMF 5.1 |
Windows 8 Windows Server 2012 | installed | WMF 4.0 | WMF 5.0 | WMF 5.1 |
Windows 7 SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | WMF 3.0 | WMF 4.0 | WMF 5.0 | WMF 5.1 |