Would you like to learn how to install a new version of Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to upgrade the Powershell version installed on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 7
• Windows 10
• Windows 2012
• Windows 2016

Equipment list

The following section presents the list of equipment used to create this tutorial.

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Tutorial - Upgrading the PowerShell installation

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or above is a requirement to the WMF installation.

Download and install the latest version of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

dotnet framework download

In our example, we installed the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.8.

Download and install the latest version of Windows Management Framework.

Windows Management Framework download

In our example, we downloaded the Windows Management Framework version 5.1 for Windows 2012 R2.

Windows Management Framework 5 download

Start the Windows Management Framework installation.

Windows Management Framework installation

Restart the computer to finish the installation.

On the Start menu, search for an application named: Windows PowerShell.

Powershell on Start menu

Verify the PowerShell version being used.

Copy to Clipboard

Here is the command output:

Copy to Clipboard

Congratulations! You have finished the upgrade of the Windows Powershell.

Tutorial - Installing PowerShell 7 on Windows

Over time, the Powershell software available on the Windows operating system gained a lot of popularity and became an independent project.

The Powershell software available on the Windows operating system and the new Powershell project may coexist.

We are going to teach you how to install the Powershell stand-alone project.

Access the Powershell project website available on Github.

Download the latest version available to your operational system.

In our example we downloaded the Powershell file named: PowerShell-7.0.0-win-x64.msi

Start the Powershell 7 installation.

powershell 7 install

On this screen, select the following options:

• Enable Powershell remoting.

• Add 'Open here' context menus to Explorer

Click on the Next button until the installation is finished.

powershell7 options

On the Start menu, search for an application named: PowerShell 7.

Verify the PowerShell version being used.

Copy to Clipboard

Here is the command output:

Copy to Clipboard

Congratulations! You have finished the installation of Powershell version 7.