Powershell not working under Windows 7 #2

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efrick · 2021-04-23T11:58:55-04:00

efrick commented

2021-04-23 11:58:55 -04:00

When run under Windows 7 the following error occurs:

The term 'Get-CimInstance' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:52 char:26
+     $cs = Get-CimInstance <<<<  -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-CimInstance:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

The script is currently working fine under Windows 10.

When run under Windows 7 the following error occurs: ```powershell The term 'Get-CimInstance' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:52 char:26 + $cs = Get-CimInstance <<<< -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-CimInstance:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException ``` The script is currently working fine under Windows 10.

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label 2021-04-23 12:03:40 -04:00

efrick self-assigned this 2021-04-23 12:03:47 -04:00

efrick commented

2021-04-23 12:05:47 -04:00

I'm not sure if this is going to nessitate rewriting the script to use WMIC commands.
If it does it may mean keeping this current version of the powershell and copying the logic over as the text formatting with WMIC is very different and was a complete pain.

I'm not sure if this is going to nessitate rewriting the script to use WMIC commands. If it does it may mean keeping this current version of the powershell and copying the logic over as the text formatting with WMIC is very different and was a complete pain.

efrick commented

2021-04-23 16:33:14 -04:00

It is posible to determin loosely with the following PS.

$os_name = wmic os get Caption
if( $os_name[2] -like "Microsoft Windows 7*" ){
    $output = "It's Win7 Jerry!!! `n" + $os_name[2]
} else {
    $output = "It's a computer Jerry!!!`nI don't know what the hell it is.`n" + $os_name[2]
}

Write-Output $output

On a Windows 7 machine it will output:

It's Win7 Jerry!!! 
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

I will determin if this is an actual fix by seeing if it outputs correctly on a Windows 10 computer as well.

It is posible to determin loosely with the following PS. ```powershell $os_name = wmic os get Caption if( $os_name[2] -like "Microsoft Windows 7*" ){ $output = "It's Win7 Jerry!!! `n" + $os_name[2] } else { $output = "It's a computer Jerry!!!`nI don't know what the hell it is.`n" + $os_name[2] } Write-Output $output ``` On a Windows 7 machine it will output: ```shell It's Win7 Jerry!!! Microsoft Windows 7 Professional ``` I will determin if this is an actual fix by seeing if it outputs correctly on a Windows 10 computer as well.

efrick commented

2021-04-23 16:35:48 -04:00

Confirmed.

It's a computer Jerry!!!
I don't know what the hell it is.
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

Confirmed. ```shell It's a computer Jerry!!! I don't know what the hell it is. Microsoft Windows 10 Pro ```

efrick commented

2021-04-23 16:40:52 -04:00

I think for the time being I'm going to solve this by reimplimating the functions with WMIC commands and a _7 suffix.

I think for the time being I'm going to solve this by reimplimating the functions with `WMIC` commands and a `_7` suffix.

efrick referenced this issue

2021-04-27 14:56:44 -04:00

Update to Powershell to accomidate Windows 7 #3

efrick closed this issue

2021-04-27 15:38:15 -04:00

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