Get the path to the current PowerShell engine

Get-PowerShellEngine [-Detail]

Use this command to find the path to the PowerShell executable, or engine that is running your current session. The path for PowerShell 6 is different than previous versions.

The default is to provide the path only. But you can also get detailed information

PS C:\> Get-PowerShellEngine

C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

PS C:\> Get-PowerShellEngine -detail

Path : C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe FileVersion : 10.0.15063.0 (WinBuild.160101.0800) PSVersion : 5.1.15063.502 ProductVersion : 10.0.15063.0 Edition : Desktop Host : Visual Studio Code Host Culture : en-US Platform :

Result from running in the Visual Studio Code integrated PowerShell terminal

Get-PowerShellEngine -detail

Path : C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6.0.0-rc\pwsh.exe FileVersion : 6.0.0 PSVersion : 6.0.0-rc ProductVersion : 6.0.0-rc Edition : Core Host : ConsoleHost Culture : en-US Platform : Win32NT

Result from running in a PowerShell 6 session on Windows 10

get-powershellengine -Detail

Path : /opt/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-rc/pwsh FileVersion : PSVersion : 6.0.0-rc ProductVersion : Edition : Core Host : ConsoleHost Culture : en-US Platform : Unix

Result from running in a PowerShell session on Linux

Include additional information. Not all properties may have values depending on operating system and PowerShell version.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

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Get-Process