Appendix B. Running PowerShell with the .NET 4.0 Runtime

Here are the steps for configuring PowerShell v2 to run with the .NET 4.0 runtime. (This StackOverflow link has more information: http://bit.ly/GB6gEe.)

PS C:\> cd $PSHOME
PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0>
    notepad .\powershell.exe.config

Add this XML and save the file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
    <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0.30319"/>
        <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>
    </startup>
</configuration>

Restart the PowerShell console, and then type $PSVersionTable. You should see the following entry:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.239

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