How do you keep your PowerShell 7 version up to date?

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  • lib.ps

    Powershell Library

  • PowerShell

    PowerShell for every system!

    #Must be run as admin $version="7.2.1"; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v$($version)/PowerShell-$($version)-win-x64.msi" -OutFile "$env:homepath\downloads\PowerShellLatest.msi"; $ArgsPS='/i "'+$env:homepath+'\downloads\PowerShellLatest.msi" /quiet /norestart'; start-process -FilePath msiexec.exe -ArgumentList $ArgsPS -Wait; Remove-Item "$env:homepath\downloads\PowerShellLatest.msi"; rv version; rv argsps; #Verify: $Apps= @() $Apps+=Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" # 32 Bit $Apps+=Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" # 64 Bit $apps|?{$_.displayname -like '*PowerShell 7*'}|select displayname,displayversion,installdate rv apps;

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • virtual-environments

    Discontinued GitHub Actions runner images [Moved to: https://github.com/actions/runner-images]

    It is the same way that is used for creating action vm for github: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/main/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-PowershellCore.ps1

  • PSReleaseTools

    :shipit: A set of commands for working with PowerShell 7.x releases.

    personally, I use PSReleaseTools

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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