Installing PowerShell in Vista

> Are you downloading the Vista version, from here?
>
> 32-bit:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> or, 64-bit:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> "Lady Bug" <LadyBug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CE91CA99-E5AB-4133-AF92-58C74F09C991@microsoft.com...

> > Having read other threads, it's obvious PowerShell works in Vista, but I'm
> > sure having trouble getting it going. I WAS able to download and install
> > to
> > my laptop running Windows XP, but the only download I could find for Vista
> > looks like it's for a pre-release version of Vista. I downloaded and
> > installed, but I can't find anything on my menu to open it. There is
> > nothing
> > listed in Control Panel > Programs and Features to uninstall. I tried
> > installing it again, it seems to install with no problems, but again, how
> > do
> > I get it started? I'm new to PowerShell, which complicates matters, but at
> > least on my laptop there's a menu entry I can click, which brings up a
> > screen, presumably for entering code. My user account has administrator
> > privileges.

>
>

> Ah HA! I knew I had to be looking in the wrong place. If you do a search
> on
> PowerShell and Vista, the first article to appear is "How to download
> Windows
> PowerShell 1.0". That article explicitly mentions that its for a prelease
> version of Vista, and points to Windows6.0-KB923569-x86. I don't remember
> what other terms I had in my search that eliminated the version you
> listed,
> but whatever. The link you pointed me to worked fine.
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>

>> Are you downloading the Vista version, from here?
>>
>> 32-bit:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>
>> or, 64-bit:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>
>> "Lady Bug" <LadyBug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CE91CA99-E5AB-4133-AF92-58C74F09C991@microsoft.com...

>> > Having read other threads, it's obvious PowerShell works in Vista, but
>> > I'm
>> > sure having trouble getting it going. I WAS able to download and
>> > install
>> > to
>> > my laptop running Windows XP, but the only download I could find for
>> > Vista
>> > looks like it's for a pre-release version of Vista. I downloaded and
>> > installed, but I can't find anything on my menu to open it. There is
>> > nothing
>> > listed in Control Panel > Programs and Features to uninstall. I tried
>> > installing it again, it seems to install with no problems, but again,
>> > how
>> > do
>> > I get it started? I'm new to PowerShell, which complicates matters, but
>> > at
>> > least on my laptop there's a menu entry I can click, which brings up a
>> > screen, presumably for entering code. My user account has administrator
>> > privileges.

>>
>>