Start-Job fails on PowerShell 7.2.0 when installed as a .NET global tool #16537
Description
Prerequisites
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Steps to reproduce
Use this script:
Set-StrictMode -Version 3.0
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Write-Host "I am a job." }
Wait-Job -Job $job | Out-Null
Receive-Job -Job $job✔️ When using PowerShell 7.1.5 as a .NET global tool, the script runs successfully.
✔ When using PowerShell 7.2.0 from the MSI installer, the script runs successfully.
❌ When using PowerShell 7.2.0 as a .NET global tool, the script fails.
The error is:
The pwsh executable cannot be found at
| "C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.store\powershell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win\pwsh.exe"
It's true that the file does not exist:
> get-childitem *pwsh*
Directory: C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.store\powershell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a--- 2/11/2021 09:04 100424 pwsh.deps.json
-a--- 2/11/2021 09:10 143736 pwsh.dll
-a--- 2/11/2021 09:04 583 pwsh.runtimeconfig.json
Using PowerShell 7.1.5, that directory also contains pwsh.exe. That file is missing in PowerShell 7.2.0.
Expected behavior
> pwsh .\test.ps1
I am a jobActual behavior
> pwsh .\test.ps1
Start-Job: D:\test.ps1:4
Line |
4 | $job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Write-Host "I am a job." }
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| The pwsh executable cannot be found at
| "C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.store\powershell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win\pwsh.exe". Note that 'Start-Job' is not supported by design in scenarios where PowerShell is being hosted in other applications. Instead, usage of the 'ThreadJob' module is recommended in such scenarios.Error details
Type : System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException
ErrorRecord :
Exception :
Type : System.Management.Automation.PSNotSupportedException
ErrorRecord :
Exception :
Type : System.Management.Automation.ParentContainsErrorRecordException
Message : The pwsh executable cannot be found at "C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.sto
re\powershell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win\pwsh.exe".
Note that 'Start-Job' is not supported by design in scenarios where PowerShell is being
hosted in other applications. Instead, usage of the 'ThreadJob' module is recommended in such scenarios.
HResult : -2146233087
CategoryInfo : NotImplemented: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupported
TargetSite :
Name : ThrowTerminatingError
DeclaringType : System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime, System.Management.Automation,
Version=7.2.0.500, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
MemberType : Method
Module : System.Management.Automation.dll
Message : The pwsh executable cannot be found at "C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.store\p
owershell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win\pwsh.exe".
Note that 'Start-Job' is not supported by design in scenarios where PowerShell is being hosted
in other applications. Instead, usage of the 'ThreadJob' module is recommended in such scenarios.
Source : System.Management.Automation
HResult : -2146233067
StackTrace :
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecord errorRecord)
TargetObject :
C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.store\powershell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win\pwsh.exe
CategoryInfo : NotInstalled: (C:\Users\david.bieg….0\any\win\pwsh.exe:String) [Start-Job],
PSNotSupportedException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : IPCPwshExecutableNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartJobCommand
InvocationInfo :
MyCommand : Start-Job
ScriptLineNumber : 4
OffsetInLine : 8
HistoryId : 1
ScriptName : D:\test.ps1
Line : $job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Write-Host "I am a job." }
PositionMessage : At D:\test.ps1:4 char:8
+ $job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Write-Host "I am a job." }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PSScriptRoot : D:\Code\Playground\ps-playground
PSCommandPath : D:\test.ps1
InvocationName : Start-Job
CommandOrigin : Internal
ScriptStackTrace : at <ScriptBlock>, D:\test.ps1: line 4
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
TargetSite :
Name : Invoke
DeclaringType : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase, System.Management.Automation,
Version=7.2.0.500, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
MemberType : Method
Module : System.Management.Automation.dll
Message : The pwsh executable cannot be found at "C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.store\powers
hell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win\pwsh.exe".
Note that 'Start-Job' is not supported by design in scenarios where PowerShell is being hosted in
other applications. Instead, usage of the 'ThreadJob' module is recommended in such scenarios.
Data : System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal
InnerException :
Type : System.Management.Automation.PSNotSupportedException
ErrorRecord :
Exception :
Type : System.Management.Automation.ParentContainsErrorRecordException
Message : The pwsh executable cannot be found at "C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.store\p
owershell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win\pwsh.exe".
Note that 'Start-Job' is not supported by design in scenarios where PowerShell is being hosted
in other applications. Instead, usage of the 'ThreadJob' module is recommended in such scenarios.
HResult : -2146233087
CategoryInfo : NotImplemented: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupported
TargetSite :
Name : ThrowTerminatingError
DeclaringType : System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime, System.Management.Automation,
Version=7.2.0.500, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
MemberType : Method
Module : System.Management.Automation.dll
Message : The pwsh executable cannot be found at "C:\Users\<username>\.dotnet\tools\.store\power
shell\7.2.0\powershell\7.2.0\tools\net6.0\any\win\pwsh.exe".
Note that 'Start-Job' is not supported by design in scenarios where PowerShell is being hosted in
other applications. Instead, usage of the 'ThreadJob' module is recommended in such scenarios.
Source : System.Management.Automation
HResult : -2146233067
StackTrace :
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecord errorRecord)
Source : System.Management.Automation
HResult : -2146233087
StackTrace :
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.Pipeline.Invoke()
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Executor.ExecuteCommandHelper(Pipeline tempPipeline, Exception& exceptionThrown,
ExecutionOptions options)Environment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.2.0
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.2.0
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.18363
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Visuals
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