How to update PowerShell on 64bit Windows 7? Version check?

I need to update the current Powershell in an 64bit Windows 7 (Pro) system.


Some questions:

When I open powershell console and type:

$PsVersionTable.PSVersion

Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
5 1 14409 1018


Is this the current Powershell version or the underlying Windows Management Framework version?

When I go to

Releases . PowerShell/PowerShell . GitHub

then there are two win-x64 v7.0.3 packages: a *.msi and a *.zip.

I prefer to have the portable *.zip package.

Can I simply extract it to

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\

and let it run?

Or are there any other preparations necessary (beside installation of newest Windows Management Framework)?

When I enter (in Command prompt) "powershell" then this command is not recognized.

Do I have to add manually the path to powershell.exe to the PATH environment variable (for portable Powershell)?


Peter

You might need to unblock the zip files first, before you can run them. Go into file>properties and check the unblock box, then select OK.

Version 5.1 refers to both Powershell version and WMF version. To install version 6.0 and after, you need to upgrade the Powershell Core, which is what you are attempting to do, I think.