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Install PowerShell 7 on Windows

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Install PowerShell 7 on Windows

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- [Instructor] To start installing PowerShell 7 on Windows, you first need to go to the official PowerShell GitHub repository. Look for the latest PowerShell 7 release and choose the MSI package, which is the installer specifically for Windows. Make sure to select the 64 bit version as it is the most common architecture supported by modern systems. First, you need to run the downloaded MSI installer, then follow the onscreen prompts, accept the license agreement, choose the installation path, it's recommended to use the default one that's there, and then complete the installation and check that it works. For convenience, you can add PowerShell 7 to the system's path. This allows it to be called from anywhere in the command prompt or other shells using the pwsh command. Additionally, you can set PowerShell 7 as the default version on your machine, ensuring it launches automatically when you use the PowerShell. And of course, you can test that it's installed correctly by going to a…

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