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Powershell Core Windows Exporer integration disappears after automatic Windows Update #17967

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Steps to reproduce

Download PowerShell Core installer PowerShell-7.2.5-win-x64.msi
During installation select options:

  • Add 'Open here' context menus to Explorer
  • Add 'Run with PowerShell 7' context menu for PowerShell files
  • Choose options to allow updating PowerShell through Automatic Windows Update.
    Check that Windows Explorer Integration installed correctly.
    Wait until PowerShell updates to version 7.2.6 with Automatic Windows Update.
    Observe that Window Explorer Integration disappears

Expected behavior

Expected: PowerShell Core Windows Explorer Integration should not disappear after automatic Windows Update

Actual behavior

Powershell Core Windows Explorer integration installed with options:
- Add 'Open here' context menus to Exporer
- Add 'Run with PowerShell 7' context menu for PowerShell files
disappears after PowerShell was updated trhough Windows Update.

Environment:

[System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version

Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
10     0      19044  0


$psversiontable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.6
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.6
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19044
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

The previous powershell version installed was 7.2.5

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Environment data

$psversiontable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.6
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.6
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19044
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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