Are you struggling to install PowerShell on your MSI laptop or PC? If you’re missing this software on your MSI PC or laptop, this article will provide step-by-step instructions on how to install it successfully remotely or silently. Now, let’s dive into the installation process directly.

Follow the step-by-step guidelines below,

Method 1

1. Open the official Microsoft GitHub repository and download the latest release.
2. After downloading it, you will find a file ending with .msi.
3. Double–click this file or right-click on it to run it as administrator.
4. After the installation is done, you can verify it by Opening a new command-line interface and running Powershell.

Powershell

This way, it will be installed easily on your MSI or any other device. However, you need administrative privileges to install this software on any of your devices. If you are still facing any issues, you can contact Microsoft officials or go for the second method, as I discussed below.

Method 2

If the first method is not working, you can go for this one. In the second method, we will use Winget to install it on your MSI device. This method will install it silently on your MSI PC or laptop.

Winget is a command line use that helps users discover, install, upgrade, remove, and configure applications on Windows. In this method, we will use a Winget to install Powershell silently on our MSI device.

1. Click on the start menu and search cmd. Right-click on cmd and run it as administrator.
2. Now type the word “Winget” in cmd and press enter.
3. After that, run the code I provided below.
4. Then click “yes” to agree with the terms and conditions.
5. After that, run the second code that I provided below to install the Powershell.
6. As you enter the second code, it will start downloading Powershell, and it will take a few seconds to install successfully.

winget search Microsoft.PowerShell

winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget

Hopefully, this will solve all the issues and help you successfully install Powershell on your MSI device. If you are still confused, you can visit Microsoft’s official guidelines or contact us.

What is PowerShell?

Powershell is an open-source software developed by Microsoft. It is an automation program by Microsoft that is used for command-line shell and scripting language. Following are the few uses of this software,

• System Administration
• Active Directory Management
• Server Management
• Task Automation
• Configuration Management

How to install Powershell silently?

If you install it silently, it will not interfere with users and will quietly install on your PC or laptop. To install it silently, you can use the following command in your CMD,

• Download the package from Microsoft’s official website according to your PC or laptop.
• Now run CMD as administrator on your device.
• After that, run the commands that I have provided below,

msiexec.exe/package PowerShell-7.4.1-win-x64.msi/quiet

Don’t forget to replace PowerShell-7.4.1-win-x64.msi it with the actual path to your downloaded MSI file.

Final Words

I hope this method will install it successfully in your MSI device. You can easily get the guidelines from Microsoft’s official website. If you need any help or can’t understand how to do it, contact us.

There are multiple reasons that your device is missing with this software. Mostly, it is preinstalled in Windows. However, it can be missed due to the following reasons,

• Fresh installation of the windows or a factory reset.
• Unintentional uninstallation.
• The other main reason for missing this software is corrupted system files due to any unauthorized software or virus in your system.
• Also, it could be due to incompatibility of this software with your Windows version. You can easily fix this incompatibility issue by using method 1, as I described above.

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