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Update pwsh with Scoop?

When trying to update Powershell Core with scoop via scoop update pwsh, I get the following error:
ERROR Application "pwsh" is still running. Close all instances and try again.
I tried closing PowerShell and updating via cmd, but it still throws that error.

Solution

  • Scoop uses pwsh.exe to execute the PowerShell scripts that scoop runs on. (scoop is 96% PowerShell) Even if run in cmd.exe, it will still use pwsh.exe to execute the scripts needed to scoop update pwsh. This problem is solved by using Windows PowerShell, (a.k.a. PowerShell 5 / powershell.exe) so scoop will execute the PowerShell scripts using that instead of pwsh.