Windows Update does not fresh-install Preview 7

[ghost]

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Steps to reproduce

Follow steps based on Preview updating PowerShell 7.2 with Microsoft Update:

Ensure PowerShell 7.1.3 is installed but no PowerShell preview releases are installed.

Create registry values [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\PowerShellCore]UseMU:dword=1 and [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\PowerShellCore\InstalledVersions\39243d76-adaf-42b1-94fb-16ecf83237c8]Install:dword=1. Additionally, as directed in a workaround described in #15510, create a registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShellCore\InstalledVersions\31ab5147-9a97-4452-8443-d9709f0516e1.

Ensure Windows Update is set to Receive updates for other Microsoft products when you update Windows. In my case, this is enforced by my organization through MDM.

Reboot and check Windows Update, installing all available updates and manually rechecking until no updates appear.

Expected behavior

PS> pwsh-preview
PowerShell 7.2-preview.7
PS>

Actual behavior

<See screenshot below>

Environment data

PS> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.1.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.1.3
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19042
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

PS> (Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem) | Select-Object -Property Version, Caption

Version    Caption
-------    -------
10.0.19042 Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise

PS> Get-WindowsUpdateLog

<Very long console output snipped, see below-attached file WindowsUpdate.log created by command>

Visuals

WindowsUpdate.log

[TravisEz13]

From windowsupdate.log, F13D5FD1-FA6A-4F9E-88D4-8B15EA0DBA4C is the PowerShell update and it deferred by policy on your machine. Can you send a screen shot of your advanced windows update settings?

021-06-29 12:50:25.3909115 4508  8416  Agent           Update deferred by policy: F13D5FD1-FA6A-4F9E-88D4-8B15EA0DBA4C.200

[TravisEz13]

You probably can install this using the PSWindowsUpdate module (using the API). I'm assuming whatever policy it is, it only affects Automatic Updates and not the API.

Once you have installed the module,

Get-WindowsUpdate -CategoryIDs c90a4362-d2b6-4bb4-b316-76d14fed63a5 | Install-WindowsUpdate -Download

This says, get all the updates for PowerShell preview, download, and install them.

[ghost]

Ah, yes. We have organizational policy through Endpoint Manager to defer non-security updates. That explains this. I'll leave it as-is, thanks for finding the explanation!

[237dmitry]

How could you update Powershell via Windows Update? From the first (6+ may be) to 7.1.3 i it was updated by hands (msi).

[ghost]

@237dmitry See this blog article.

[237dmitry]

See this blog article.

You never know who will write something.

[TravisEz13]

@alexbuzzbee RE: #15692 (comment), Thanks for explaining what policy was in place, the logs don't say that. It makes the answer more complete.