Uninstall Powershell 1.0

[topnode]

Anyone here know how to uninstall Powershell 1.0?

I would like to install 2.0 CTP3 and I can't do that till v1.0 is uninstalled.

 

[Zidane24]

Is it not in Add/Remove Programs?

 

[rwideman]

According to the Powershell Blog website what is installed on Win7 RTM is v2 CTP3.
Windows PowerShell Blog

 

[deko]

My version of Win7 has powershell v1, not v2. There is no uninstall routine and nothing documented as far as I can tell.

I searched Windows PowerShell Blog and found many others looking for a way to uninstall powershell, but no answers.

There's nothing inPrograms/Features... it's not in Installed Updates... and there's no Feature that can be disabled. I've heard hacking the registry can be done in some cases, but apparently this is dangerous--I read one story where someone had to reinstall after trying this.

Still looking for a way to get powershell 1 off Win7...

 

[aerogeek53]

Still looking for solution to installing PS v2 on Win7

I also have the same problem. Cannot install Powershell v2 on Win7x64, but cannot find how to "uninstall previous version".

Has anyone made any progress on this?

 

[logicearth]

Why do you think you have a version less then 2? The directory it is in? Unimportant.
While in powershell type "get-host" to get version information.

 

[deko]

Thanks, logicearth.

PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\[B][COLOR=Red]v1.0[/COLOR][/B]> get-host

Name             : ConsoleHost
[B][COLOR=Red]Version          : 2.0[/COLOR][/B]
InstanceId       : cee3ea88-5df9-42a0-b0d2-b32b6fd0f7fb
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserI
                   nterface
CurrentCulture   : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace

Still, as Microsoft software, it's not too much to ask for it to install/uninstall from Control Panel\Programs and Features. Perhaps next year...

 

[logicearth]

You have version 2 making your problem not a problem.

 

[deko]

Well, the problem turned out to be confusion due to misleading install directory and no entry in Programs/Features.

I tried renaming the install directory. Didn't work. Powershell could not load a slew of libraries, even after I changed registry entry.

The easiest thing to do is change shortcut properties "Start in:" entry to:

C:\

instead of:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

 

[aerogeek53]

Well I will be darned. I guess I do have version 2.0 already.
Confusion was created when I tried to install Powershell V2 CTP3, without realizing that it was already in Windows 7, and Powershell does not show itself in either the "Installed Programs" or Windows Components.
Also, I did not see it in All Programs untill I found it under "Accessories".
Thanks everyone.

 

[karlsnooks]

aerogeek,
PowerShell is an integral part of your system. Many of the troubleshooters and wizards actually use PowerShell "cmdlets". You are accustomed to the commands that you enter at a normal command prompt. In PowerShell, to avoid confusion the "commands" are called cmdlets.

I know that this is an oversimplification but useful.

I'm a big fan of PowerShell because I can do just about anything from the "command prompt".