function Get-WinUtilPowerShell7Path {
$command = Get-Command pwsh -CommandType Application -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($command) { return $command.Source }
foreach ($candidate in @(
"$env:ProgramFiles\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe",
"$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WindowsApps\pwsh.exe")) {
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $candidate) { return $candidate }
function Invoke-WinUtilInstallPSProfile {
Installs the CTT PowerShell profile
The profile targets PowerShell 7, so its setup script has to run under pwsh rather than
the runspace this job is on. It runs as a child process with its output captured, so the
job log records what happened instead of it scrolling past in a terminal nobody kept.
$pwshPath = Get-WinUtilPowerShell7Path
Step-WinUtilJob -Status "Installing PowerShell 7" -State "Indeterminate"
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "Feature" -Message "PowerShell 7 not found, installing it first."
Install-WinUtilProgramWinget -Action Install -Programs @("Microsoft.PowerShell") | Out-Null
# WinGet updates the persisted PATH, not this already-running process. Resolve the
# standard install locations as well as the current PATH before deciding it failed.
$pwshPath = Get-WinUtilPowerShell7Path
throw "PowerShell 7 could not be installed, so the profile cannot be set up."
Step-WinUtilJob -Status "Running the profile setup" -State "Indeterminate"
$setupUrl = "https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/powershell-profile/raw/main/setup.ps1"
# Stop in the child, so a setup failure is a nonzero exit rather than a logged error and a
$output = & $pwshPath -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command "`$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; irm '$setupUrl' | iex" 2>&1
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
foreach ($line in @($output)) {
if ($line -is [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]) {
Write-WinUtilErrorRecord -ErrorRecord $line -Component "Feature" -Context "PowerShell profile setup"
} elseif (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($line)) {
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "Feature" -Message ([string]$line).Trim()
throw "The profile setup script exited with code $exitCode."
throw "The profile setup script reported $failures error(s); see the log."
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "Feature" -Message "CTT PowerShell profile installed. Open a new PowerShell 7 session to use it."