How to upgrade PowerShell version from 2 0 to 3 0

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The OS that I am using is Windows 7  and the PowerShell version that is installed here is 2 0  Is it possible for me to upgrade it to version 3 0 or 4 0   Because there are cmdlets that version 2 0 can t recognize

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Download and install from http   www microsoft com en-us download details aspx id 34595  You need Windows 7 SP1 though    It s worth keeping in mind that PowerShell 3 on Windows 7 does not have all the cmdlets as PowerShell 3 on Windows 8  So you may still encounter cmdlets that are not present on your system

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The latest PowerShell version as of Sept 2015 is PowerShell 4 0  It s bundled with Windows Management Framework 4 0    Here s the download page for PowerShelll 4 0 for all versions of Windows   For Windows 7  there are 2 links on that page  1 for x64 and 1 for x86

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Install Chocolatey Run the following commands in CMD   choco install powershell choco upgrade powershell

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do use the links above  If you run into error  This update is not applicable to your computer    then make sure you are in fact using the right file for your os  for example i tried running windows 2012 server from that link on windows 7 service pack 1 and I got the above error so be sure to use the right zip  If you don t know which os you have then go to start and system and it should  pop right up This should be self explanatory but

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The latest PowerShell version as of Aug 2016 is PowerShell 5 1  It s bundled with Windows Management Framework 5 1   Here s the download page for PowerShell 5 1 for all versions of Windows  including Windows 7 x64 and x86   It is worth noting that PowerShell 5 1 is the first version available in two editions of  Desktop  and  Core   Powershell Core 6 x is cross-platform  its latest version for Jan 2019 is 6 1 2  It also works on Windows 7 SP1

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Just run this in a console    powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command  iex   new-object net webclient  DownloadString  https   chocolatey org install ps1      amp  amp  SET PATH  PATH   systemdrive  chocolatey bin cinst powershell   It installs the latest version using a Chocolatey repository   Originally I was using command cinst powershell 3 0 20121027  but it looks like it later stopped working  Since this question is related to PowerShell 3 0 this was the right way  At this moment  June 26  2014  cinst powershell refers to version 3 0 of PowerShell  and that may change in future   See the Chocolatey PowerShell package page for details on what version will be installed

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As of today  Windows PowerShell 5 1 is the latest version  It can be installed as part of Windows Management Framework 5 1  It was released in January 2017   Quoting from the official Microsoft download page here      Some of the new and updated features in this release include           Constrained file copying to from JEA endpoints   JEA support for Group Managed Service Accounts and Conditional Access Policies   PowerShell console support for VT100 and redirecting stdin with interactive input   Support for catalog signed modules in PowerShell Get   Specifying which module version to load in a script   Package Management cmdlet support for proxy servers   PowerShellGet cmdlet support for proxy servers   Improvements in PowerShell Script Debugging   Improvements in Desired State Configuration  DSC    Improved PowerShell usage auditing using Transcription and Logging   New and updated cmdlets based on community feedback

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