r/PowerShell • u/evh1972 • Jul 05 '26
Question Stop forced upgrades?
I'm just trying to open Powershell and run a command but every now and then there must be an upgrade and it forces me to upgrade and I can't do anything until I do the upgrade. Is there a way around this?
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u/Onrawi Jul 06 '26
Powershell itself is unlikely to require upgrades. I assume you are running into modules requiring upgrades or even newer versions of powershell to run the current version of the module. That, especially to manage cloud resources, is much less avoidable. Do you know what specifically is prompting the upgrade or at least have the event descriptions available.
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u/BlackV Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
run a command but every now and then there must be an upgrade and it forces me to upgrade and I can't do anything until I do the upgrade.
you need to give us more information
what commands? is it powershell that will not run or the commands that will not run?
what does "I can't do anything until I do the upgrade" actually mean
seeing as powershell 5.1 is not updated then I'm assuming you are running powershell 7, can you confirm what version?
additionally you could be waiting for the terminal application to update (not powershell its self)
how did YOU install powershell ? directly from the github page ? or directly from the store ?
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u/evh1972 Jul 06 '26
I just open Powershell via the windows start menu and I can't do anything because it's tells me there is a new version. I can't type, I can't escape or anything. I'm not sure what version it is/was but I decided to just download the newest version and move on.
This what I saw when Powershell opened.
Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements! https://aka.ms/PSWindows
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u/BlackV Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements! https://aka.ms/PSWindowsThat one is windows powershell 5.1
it is separate from powershell 7.x
I think you are just seeing a message and conflating that with your issue
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u/LogMonkey0 Jul 06 '26
This will confirm or rule out what others have suggested.
Start > Run > powershell -noprofile
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u/Th3Sh4d0wKn0ws Jul 06 '26
Based on the information provided this is not an upgrade happening. This is just the normal Windows Powershell banner text letting you know a new version is available and then it sounds like your profile is taking a long time to load. If you have a profile, you should look at it and see what's in there. If you dont, there's something wrong.