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Add processor architecture information in $PSVersionTable #16209

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Backport-5.1-ConsiderConsider to backport to Windows PowerShell 5.1 due to impactIssue-Enhancementthe issue is more of a feature request than a bugNeeds-TriageThe issue is new and needs to be triaged by a work group.Resolution-No ActivityIssue has had no activity for 6 months or moreWG-DevEx-SDKhosting PowerShell as a runtime, PowerShell's APIs, PowerShell Standard, or development of modules
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opened on Oct 7, 2021

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Both x64 and ARM64 powershells can now run side-by-side on windows 11 on ARM64. To better differentiate one from the other, for example, when accessing different registry keys, or loading dlls of different architectures, it is recommended to have a processor architecture field in the $PSVersionTable. This way, the cmdlets don't need to issue Windows API calls to determine the architecture of the powershell process.

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    Backport-5.1-ConsiderConsider to backport to Windows PowerShell 5.1 due to impactIssue-Enhancementthe issue is more of a feature request than a bugNeeds-TriageThe issue is new and needs to be triaged by a work group.Resolution-No ActivityIssue has had no activity for 6 months or moreWG-DevEx-SDKhosting PowerShell as a runtime, PowerShell's APIs, PowerShell Standard, or development of modules

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