Do I need Powershell? I keep getting a warning popping up on my new Windows 8.1 computer which states: Windows Powershell has stopped working. What should I do about it? Any non-turtle-like answers/comments will be appreciated.
No, most average “non-geeky” people don’t need to use PowerShell. When do you get this warning? If it happens when you just start up your computer this means that some program is trying to access PowerShell, so this could mean it is a virus, or probably some program, such as Windows7 gadget, is using it during start-up. The way it is, it should not cause any harm, but if it becomes too “unholy” you might be able to find it via Task Manager, by “rightclicking” the taskbar, and clicking “Start Task Manager” and go to “Processes”. You will see a bunch of weird stuff, but that does not matter, for unless you are a computer “wiz” (like me :D), you would have no need to use this. Just find some thing there that has a name related to “PowerShell” or something like “C//Win32/PowerShell.exe open. Then click it and click “Close”. (You might have to right click it to see the close option) If you see nothing related to that, you might now be out of luck just yet. Click on “Services” and see of there is any like what PowerShell again. *BE Careful, because messing with this kind of stuff could render your computer worthless. Like ending to process called “Power” can totally ruin your computer. Still nothing? Go to “Applications” and see anything with the words “PowerShell” or with the PowerShell logo. If nothing works, just live with it, as it will not harm your computer *UNLESS* it is a virus, which you should use a scanner for. PS. HerdProtect is a great piece of software…And free too :D. Remember when this started to happen? If you installed any new software, it could have a bug in it that could cause PowerShell to crash. If you find some “unstable” or software that you never remember installing, uninstall it and see if that works. You could also try to re-install PowerShell, because maybe your version of PowerShell might be defective somehow. I hope that something works for you, if not, it really wont matter too much, if it is not degrading your performance. Hope this help, and please reply
-AshtonKiros
No Ashton, Your wrong
This is happening because you did not power your turtle’s shell. Plug its tail in a power outlet, and then you have “Fried-Turtle” Erm I mean, a powered shell.
test
9 years ago
great work man
Arun
8 years ago
windows power shell is going to appear on my screen when i start my computer from 3 days what should i do make it normal
Tony
8 years ago
Better way to access powershell for Windows 10 and 8.1:
Rightclick on the taskbar and click on properties. Go to the tab ‘navigate’ and enable ‘replace command prompt with powershell’ option. The press OK to close.
Now whenever you want to use powershell just rightclick on the start button and you will see it listed there. With both as user and admin shortcuts.
And yes there is an amazing menu hidden there, enjoy.
I still dont know how it works can someone plz explain to me how it works i really wanna know
Anonymous
7 years ago
i have virus version of powershell it is cool it kills explorer.exe and makes my computer unusable it is funny when it gives me BSoD how do i get rid of it?
If it is a virus you can use cmd to remove it or go to run and press Windows Key + R to open the run dialogue box and type in PowerShell or right click the taskbar (on windows 8.1) and click properties and then select replace cmd with PowerShell then right click the start menu *BUT* if you have Classic Shell you will need to Shift + Right Click to do this.
Kathy Raper
7 years ago
Will powershell open a download that I cannot open because I get the windows script host error.It says document undefined,error800a1319 (or something like that) and runtime error.I really need this download.
Cori
7 years ago
Thanks for explaining what powershell is/does.
Would be ok to “disable” powershell.exe at startup? I’d like to have only my internet security enabled upon startup, or is that too confining?
It should be ok to disable powershell.exe at startup, unless it is running some scripts that must run at startup.
Spensation
7 years ago
I have only begun looking into shells and I have concluded after your article that there are simply more important things to learn right now for me. Thanks for the overview though.
The article ends with, “As you can see from this article, Windows PowerShell is an incredibly powerful tool”. Uhhh?
Yes, the title was, “What You Can Do With It”, but very little actually talked about the different things you can do with it and how it’s so powerful enough to make that your closing point.
The article was mainly talking about technical terms for it, different versions of it on different computers, how to pull it up in different systems . . . but very little of that whole article was actually about explaining what you can do with it.
And most of it was technical…I feel like people who could understand that level of jargon, would ALREADY know what it can do (at least to the depth that the article described it to).
Larry Ray
6 years ago
What will senior citizens who only surf the net, do email, maybe order a few items, read the news, watch the radar going to do with PowerShell? You are shoving us all off the road. You even moved Control Panel. A lot of seniors can’t keep up with you geeky stuff and are shutting down their pc’s. Thanks for thinking about us.
Rahul Rana
6 years ago
easily define and very useful information get from your site
thanks
Brad Liu
6 years ago
It is sooo cool to know that Powershell can solve my daily IT problems/ meets IT needs. Thank you for the useful and thoughtful information!!
krishna
6 years ago
its amazing tool for analyze the perfomance
Likith
6 years ago
want to know what all can i automate.. i am very new to powershell,
want to know if i can automate a flush process in server and send the email to my team if flush was successfull or not
Silverbanshee
5 years ago
Powershell may be a powerful tool for developers and a novel little toy for techies, but let’s face it: it’s completely useless to the average user and never needed to be elevated to the place it now occupies on our computers. For those of us with just a simple knowledge of cmnd, trying to replace it with powershell is just going to make things more daunting. Furthermore, powershell is being single out as a highly vulnerable part of Windows. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone advising a user that the symptoms they’re describing indicates a nasty virus, and powershell is often the means of delivery. It’s just one more sign that Windows is ignoring the average consumer so they can cater to a select few. This is why Microsoft needs to go back to their old model of having multiple versions of Windows instead of this one-size-fits-all mentality.
i am a student from department of mech. eng. . i was intrested to know more about powershell, is it possible for me to learn it from the book, if yes then which? what could i do more with the power of powershell or command prompt
?
ifatimazahid
5 years ago
I absolutely loved this tutorial. It was so simple to understand for a beginner like me, much appreciated!
Please keep on making easy tutorials like these for beginners like us! 🙂
Subscribe to our newsletter, for more tutorials like this. 😉
Bob Leander
5 years ago
I have learned a lot from your post. Thanks for sharing all the PowerShell information it is really appreciated. Not a lot of people would chose to write about this particular topic so I just wanted to personally thank you the author for doing so. A more expanded presentation is appreciated some time in the new year.
Dharmendra Verma
5 years ago
We have given you great information, we hope that you will continue to provide such information even further. Read More…NetKiDuniya
Patrick
4 years ago
I powered up this morning on my 5 moniter dell desktop and found that I had one moniter down and one moniter with a ton of blue screens that read “Administrator Power Shell” at the top of the screen. My mouse pointer was moving on it’s own. After 5 minutes or so 4 of the 5 moniters displayed the desktop. When I attempted to log on my VPN the VPN window is not responding. I also cannot move the window from one moniter to the next. What is going on?
Dena
4 years ago
Can someone help me with this. I don’t know how to fix it
This came up after running
CMD sfc /scannow
CSI 000001a7 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:19]’MSFT_MpThreat.cdxml’ of Windows-Defender-Management-Powershell, version 10.0.18356.1, arch amd64, nonSxS, pkt {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35} in the store, hash mismatch
2019-10-14 17:16:11, Info CSI 000001a8 Hashes for file member [l:26]’MSFT_MpThreatCatalog.cdxml’ do not match.
Abdul AZIZ Bangura
4 years ago
I want to learn how to run a computer system and I want to broaden my knowledge in IT will be of help me to achieve that and I want you to be my tutor in all I need to know about INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
David OBrien
3 years ago
Power shell is opening at startup. How do I stop it?
does powershell allow remote access from someone hacking my computer? Several copies of Powershell come up whenever i turn on my computer. This started about a year ago when my debit card was used for several unauthorized purchases without my knowledge for over $1200.00. I got an error message with a loud alarm with a tollfree number, warning me that my computer was hacked. I called and someone claiming to be a Windows fraud tech used a remote view program to access my computer.He saw the fraudulant charges and told me to pay $250.00 to Western Union and he would get all my money back.
This sounded fishy to me, but a made the payment anyway. Then i called my bank and was told to cancell the transaction, so I did and I deleted my WU password. I found the Remote View app and uninstalled it. my bank eventually got me my money back…I now have Mcaffee Virus Protection.
BUT, just a few days ago, I got an email from Amazon telling me of a suspicious charge for $1200.00 fo an Iphone. I did not authorize this and I declined the purchase, via email. I also called them.
in the process, I found that my debit card was deactivated when i tried to make an in-store purchase.
When I called my bank a few days later, I learned of several other attempted unauthorized, charges which I denied. They are sending me a new debit card…I have since tried to find the Remote View app, but i can’t find it.
I shop alot & pay bills online.
My question is…how can i insure that I won’t be hacked again…I was thinking of purchasing, PC Matic…What should I do. Does Powershell have anything to do with this and can i disable it if need be?
Sorry to be so long winded, but I wanted to be precise.
Any info will be well appreciated,
Debbie
Marilyn
2 years ago
Is this program necessary for individual everyday use? I find it a pain when I start my computer & it comes up in triplicate, and I can’t begin to use my computer ’til I can manage to close all three windows of it. I want it gone.
Do I need Powershell? I keep getting a warning popping up on my new Windows 8.1 computer which states: Windows Powershell has stopped working. What should I do about it? Any non-turtle-like answers/comments will be appreciated.
No, most average “non-geeky” people don’t need to use PowerShell. When do you get this warning? If it happens when you just start up your computer this means that some program is trying to access PowerShell, so this could mean it is a virus, or probably some program, such as Windows7 gadget, is using it during start-up. The way it is, it should not cause any harm, but if it becomes too “unholy” you might be able to find it via Task Manager, by “rightclicking” the taskbar, and clicking “Start Task Manager” and go to “Processes”. You will see a bunch of weird stuff, but that does not matter, for unless you are a computer “wiz” (like me :D), you would have no need to use this. Just find some thing there that has a name related to “PowerShell” or something like “C//Win32/PowerShell.exe open. Then click it and click “Close”. (You might have to right click it to see the close option) If you see nothing related to that, you might now be out of luck just yet. Click on “Services” and see of there is any like what PowerShell again. *BE Careful, because messing with this kind of stuff could render your computer worthless. Like ending to process called “Power” can totally ruin your computer. Still nothing? Go to “Applications” and see anything with the words “PowerShell” or with the PowerShell logo. If nothing works, just live with it, as it will not harm your computer *UNLESS* it is a virus, which you should use a scanner for. PS. HerdProtect is a great piece of software…And free too :D. Remember when this started to happen? If you installed any new software, it could have a bug in it that could cause PowerShell to crash. If you find some “unstable” or software that you never remember installing, uninstall it and see if that works. You could also try to re-install PowerShell, because maybe your version of PowerShell might be defective somehow. I hope that something works for you, if not, it really wont matter too much, if it is not degrading your performance. Hope this help, and please reply
-AshtonKiros
No Ashton, Your wrong
This is happening because you did not power your turtle’s shell. Plug its tail in a power outlet, and then you have “Fried-Turtle” Erm I mean, a powered shell.
great work man
windows power shell is going to appear on my screen when i start my computer from 3 days what should i do make it normal
Better way to access powershell for Windows 10 and 8.1:
Rightclick on the taskbar and click on properties. Go to the tab ‘navigate’ and enable ‘replace command prompt with powershell’ option. The press OK to close.
Now whenever you want to use powershell just rightclick on the start button and you will see it listed there. With both as user and admin shortcuts.
And yes there is an amazing menu hidden there, enjoy.
How to get rid of Powershell?
You can’t. Its built right in to your PC.
I still dont know how it works can someone plz explain to me how it works i really wanna know
i have virus version of powershell it is cool it kills explorer.exe and makes my computer unusable it is funny when it gives me BSoD how do i get rid of it?
If it is a virus you can use cmd to remove it or go to run and press Windows Key + R to open the run dialogue box and type in PowerShell or right click the taskbar (on windows 8.1) and click properties and then select replace cmd with PowerShell then right click the start menu *BUT* if you have Classic Shell you will need to Shift + Right Click to do this.
Will powershell open a download that I cannot open because I get the windows script host error.It says document undefined,error800a1319 (or something like that) and runtime error.I really need this download.
Thanks for explaining what powershell is/does.
Would be ok to “disable” powershell.exe at startup? I’d like to have only my internet security enabled upon startup, or is that too confining?
It should be ok to disable powershell.exe at startup, unless it is running some scripts that must run at startup.
I have only begun looking into shells and I have concluded after your article that there are simply more important things to learn right now for me. Thanks for the overview though.
You are welcome.
The article ends with, “As you can see from this article, Windows PowerShell is an incredibly powerful tool”. Uhhh?
Yes, the title was, “What You Can Do With It”, but very little actually talked about the different things you can do with it and how it’s so powerful enough to make that your closing point.
The article was mainly talking about technical terms for it, different versions of it on different computers, how to pull it up in different systems . . . but very little of that whole article was actually about explaining what you can do with it.
And most of it was technical…I feel like people who could understand that level of jargon, would ALREADY know what it can do (at least to the depth that the article described it to).
What will senior citizens who only surf the net, do email, maybe order a few items, read the news, watch the radar going to do with PowerShell? You are shoving us all off the road. You even moved Control Panel. A lot of seniors can’t keep up with you geeky stuff and are shutting down their pc’s. Thanks for thinking about us.
easily define and very useful information get from your site
thanks
It is sooo cool to know that Powershell can solve my daily IT problems/ meets IT needs. Thank you for the useful and thoughtful information!!
its amazing tool for analyze the perfomance
want to know what all can i automate.. i am very new to powershell,
want to know if i can automate a flush process in server and send the email to my team if flush was successfull or not
Powershell may be a powerful tool for developers and a novel little toy for techies, but let’s face it: it’s completely useless to the average user and never needed to be elevated to the place it now occupies on our computers. For those of us with just a simple knowledge of cmnd, trying to replace it with powershell is just going to make things more daunting. Furthermore, powershell is being single out as a highly vulnerable part of Windows. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone advising a user that the symptoms they’re describing indicates a nasty virus, and powershell is often the means of delivery. It’s just one more sign that Windows is ignoring the average consumer so they can cater to a select few. This is why Microsoft needs to go back to their old model of having multiple versions of Windows instead of this one-size-fits-all mentality.
Short but very informative. Thanks
Thanks for appreciating our work.
i am a student from department of mech. eng. . i was intrested to know more about powershell, is it possible for me to learn it from the book, if yes then which? what could i do more with the power of powershell or command prompt
?
I absolutely loved this tutorial. It was so simple to understand for a beginner like me, much appreciated!
Please keep on making easy tutorials like these for beginners like us! 🙂
Subscribe to our newsletter, for more tutorials like this. 😉
I have learned a lot from your post. Thanks for sharing all the PowerShell information it is really appreciated. Not a lot of people would chose to write about this particular topic so I just wanted to personally thank you the author for doing so. A more expanded presentation is appreciated some time in the new year.
We have given you great information, we hope that you will continue to provide such information even further. Read More…NetKiDuniya
I powered up this morning on my 5 moniter dell desktop and found that I had one moniter down and one moniter with a ton of blue screens that read “Administrator Power Shell” at the top of the screen. My mouse pointer was moving on it’s own. After 5 minutes or so 4 of the 5 moniters displayed the desktop. When I attempted to log on my VPN the VPN window is not responding. I also cannot move the window from one moniter to the next. What is going on?
Can someone help me with this. I don’t know how to fix it
This came up after running
CMD sfc /scannow
CSI 000001a7 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:19]’MSFT_MpThreat.cdxml’ of Windows-Defender-Management-Powershell, version 10.0.18356.1, arch amd64, nonSxS, pkt {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35} in the store, hash mismatch
2019-10-14 17:16:11, Info CSI 000001a8 Hashes for file member [l:26]’MSFT_MpThreatCatalog.cdxml’ do not match.
I want to learn how to run a computer system and I want to broaden my knowledge in IT will be of help me to achieve that and I want you to be my tutor in all I need to know about INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Power shell is opening at startup. How do I stop it?
does powershell allow remote access from someone hacking my computer? Several copies of Powershell come up whenever i turn on my computer. This started about a year ago when my debit card was used for several unauthorized purchases without my knowledge for over $1200.00. I got an error message with a loud alarm with a tollfree number, warning me that my computer was hacked. I called and someone claiming to be a Windows fraud tech used a remote view program to access my computer.He saw the fraudulant charges and told me to pay $250.00 to Western Union and he would get all my money back.
This sounded fishy to me, but a made the payment anyway. Then i called my bank and was told to cancell the transaction, so I did and I deleted my WU password. I found the Remote View app and uninstalled it. my bank eventually got me my money back…I now have Mcaffee Virus Protection.
BUT, just a few days ago, I got an email from Amazon telling me of a suspicious charge for $1200.00 fo an Iphone. I did not authorize this and I declined the purchase, via email. I also called them.
in the process, I found that my debit card was deactivated when i tried to make an in-store purchase.
When I called my bank a few days later, I learned of several other attempted unauthorized, charges which I denied. They are sending me a new debit card…I have since tried to find the Remote View app, but i can’t find it.
I shop alot & pay bills online.
My question is…how can i insure that I won’t be hacked again…I was thinking of purchasing, PC Matic…What should I do. Does Powershell have anything to do with this and can i disable it if need be?
Sorry to be so long winded, but I wanted to be precise.
Any info will be well appreciated,
Debbie
Is this program necessary for individual everyday use? I find it a pain when I start my computer & it comes up in triplicate, and I can’t begin to use my computer ’til I can manage to close all three windows of it. I want it gone.