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If Windows PowerShell is a legacy product, why doesn't Windows replace it with PowerShell? #11431

Closed rilakuma123 closed 3 weeks ago

rilakuma123 commented 4 weeks ago

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This article taught me a lot and the further reading section is great but it made me wonder why Windows ships a legacy product.

I always saw the message telling you to "Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements" and wondered why it didn't just update automatically or with Windows.

People still use CMD, mostly because they don't know any better. Telling those people that there are two PowerShells is sure to confuse them.

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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/what-is-windows-powershell?view=powershell-7.4

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https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs/blob/main/reference/docs-conceptual/what-is-windows-powershell.md

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@sdwheeler

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7d1bfc9f-f36e-c002-06a1-e3ea04e42dee

sdwheeler commented 3 weeks ago

PowerShell isn't allowed to ship in Windows because PowerShell has a different support lifecycle. PowerShell support is based on the lifecycle of .NET, which is about 3 years. The Windows support lifecycle is about 10 years. To be included in Windows, you have to have the same support lifecycle.

rilakuma123 commented 3 weeks ago

Thanks. Appreciate the answer. I don't quite fully understand why it's not something that can be updated automatically like Microsoft Edge though. And why is that information unfit for the article?

sdwheeler commented 3 weeks ago

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rilakuma123 commented 3 weeks ago

That doesn't explain why Windows doesn't ship PowerShell

rilakuma123 commented 2 days ago

In my time helping people, I've had them use Windows PowerShell to do certain actions. Something people often point out is the "install the latest PowerShell" message. I always tell them to ignore it and proceed. It'd be nice if I could refer them to a page that explained all this to them. This page is very close but doesn't answer the aforementioned questions. I wish you at least edited in the information you gave me.