Will PowerShell 3 script run on Windows 7?

Question

Will a PowerShell 3 script that contains PowerShell 3 cmdlets run on a vanilla installation of Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise? If not what are the minimum prerequisites required?

(Sorry, Powershell newbie)

Answer 1

Windows 7 from installation is with Powershell version 2.0.

For Powershell v. 3.0 you need Windows Management Framework 3.0 on a windows 7 sp1 and .net framework 4

Answer 2

As Christian notes in his answer: there are PowerShell V3 install for Windows Vista, 7, Server 2008 R2 and Server 2008.

But note:

• To upgrade ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment) that feature must be enabled before applying the V3 install (this affects servers which default to no ISE).

• If the script depends on cmdlets introduced by the Windows 8 or 2012 OS or its components (eg. Hyper-V's) these are not part of PowerShell V3 and are not added as part of the V3 upgrade.