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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Calling powershell.exe in PSCore6 on Windows starts Windows PowerShell","articleBody":"On Windows, `$env:Path` has Windows PowerShell in the path before `$PSHOME` which means that if you're in PowerShell Core 6 and type `powershell`, it starts Windows PowerShell 5.1 instead of a nested instance of PowerShell Core 6.  This may be unexpected for end users as it seems that one would expect `powershell` to refer to the currently running version of PowerShell.\r\n\r\nThe immediate impact is that partner teams running existing PowerShell script tests in PowerShell Core 6 that spawn `powershell` will get incorrect results as that process is running Windows PowerShell.\r\n\r\ncc @joeyaiello @HemantMahawar \r\n\r\n\u003c!--\r\n\r\nIf it is a bug report:\r\n- make sure you are able to repro it on the latest released version. \r\nYou can install the latest version from https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases\r\n- Search the existing issues.\r\n- Refer to the [FAQ](../docs/FAQ.md).\r\n- Refer to the [known issues](../docs/KNOWNISSUES.md).\r\n- Fill out the following repro template\r\n\r\nIf it's not a bug, please remove the template and elaborate the issue in your own words.\r\n--\u003e\r\n\r\nSteps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n# within PowerShell Core 6\r\npowershell\r\n$psversiontable\r\n```\r\n\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\n\r\n```none\r\nPowerShell Core 6\r\n```\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n```none\r\nWindows PowerShell 5.1\r\n```\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- provide the output of $PSVersionTable --\u003e\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      6.0.0-beta\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.3\r\nOS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.16225\r\nPlatform                       Win32NT\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/SteveL-MSFT","@type":"Person","name":"SteveL-MSFT"},"datePublished":"2017-07-06T17:00:10.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":11},"url":"https://github.com/4194/PowerShell/issues/4194"}