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Update the start menu Windows PowerShell.lnk to point to PowerShell Core
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winX-powershell-core.ps1
$pwsh = get-command pwsh -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (-not $pwsh) {
write-error "cannot locate pwsh, exiting"
break
}
$psLinkPath = "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk"
$WshShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$psLink = $WshShell.CreateShortcut($psLinkPath)
Write-Output $psLink.TargetPath
$psLink.TargetPath = $pwsh.Source
$psLink.Save()
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