I have becoming increasingly aware that Windows 7's PowerShell v3 lacks cmdlets / functions and modules found in Windows 8's version of PowerShell 3. My question: Is there anyway of 'upgrading' PowerShell v3 in Windows 7 to that of Windows 8? Have I missed a link on Microsoft's site to download the extra modules?
A second best outcome would be a list of Windows 7's 'missing' version 3.0 modules and their cmdlets / functions.
The short answer is that you cannot install certain cmdlets (even by copying the modules folder from Windows 8) because Windows 7 does not have the underlying WMI classes.
Richard Siddaway provides a complete answer, and a list of the differences, in his PowerShell blog
no, this is "by design". The Windows 7 version doesn't includes all cmdlets.
Run this to see which cmdlets are added in Powershel 3.0:
Get-Command -CommandType cmdlet | Foreach-Object { get-help $_ } |
select name, description |
where description -match "This cmdlet is introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0" |
Format-Table -AutoSize –Wrap
Source:
Yes, you have to download and install Windows Management Framework 3.0 from the Microsoft Download Center. (KB 2406143).
