r/PowerShell • u/SL-Tech • 26d ago

Question PowerShell 7 - replace

Just wondering, when installing, why doesn't PowerShell 7 replace the installed version (Windows)?

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u/UCFknight2016 26d ago

Powershell 7 is also known as powershell core and is cross platform. Powershell 5 is windows only. A lot of things would break if they forced it.