Silent Update removes context menu entry if previously added

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Steps to reproduce

1. Have PowerShell installed with the context menu entry added from the Add 'Run with PowerShell 7' context menu for PowerShell files option in the installer. *
2. Update PowerShell to the latest version via Windows Update.

Expected behavior

Installer sees existing "Run with PowerShell 7" context menu entry and retains it after the update.

Actual behavior

Installer removes context menu entry and installs the new version with default settings only (without context menu entry).

Error details

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Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.1
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19044
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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* Referring to this option:

[iSazonov]

Do you ask the option must be On if previously it was On?

[awsr]

The option was originally on. That image is just an example from a different issue that I used to show which option I'm referring to.

When I installed PowerShell 7.2.0, I enabled that option for the context menu. Ideally, that choice would be taken into account when updating.

[TravisEz13]

Does this happen through any silent MSI upgrade?

[ignant1]

Upgrading through winget removes the context menu.

Getting it from the Windows Store, it installs a separate version if you previously installed via other means. It also does not give you the option add that context menu on the initial installation via the Windows Store, so there is no way to see if upgrading it remove it from the menu.

[ignant1]

I just installed Visual Studios 2019 which also added "Developer PowerShell for VS 2019" and now the "Run with PowerShell 7" Context Menu is gone. On top of this, uninstalling PowerShell 7 and then reinstalling it and checking the box to add the context menu still does not add it again.

[pat0026]

Still encountered this issue after updating from 7.2.4 to 7.2.5 via windows update. The context menu was gone, this could be fixed by manually tampering with registries but normal users should avoid this. Hope this issue will soon be fixed.

[marcoz-tsn]

Still encountered this issue after updating from 7.2.4 to 7.2.5 via windows update. The context menu was gone, this could be fixed by manually tampering with registries but normal users should avoid this. Hope this issue will soon be fixed.

same problem here... !

[dgiesselbach]

Bug is still existing! We are running 7.2.4 (installed via silent msi with ADD_FILE_CONTEXT_MENU_RUNPOWERSHELL=1 ADD_EXPLORER_CONTEXT_MENU_OPENPOWERSHELL=1) and after updating via windows update or winget to 7.2.6 context menu is away!

Is a fix in progress?

[RanMLiang]

Have the same issue.
After updating Powershell 7 via Windows updates, the options for PoweShell 7 are disappeared on the system right-click menu list.
Currently, I have to manually download and install the latest verision of PoweShell 7 every time instead of using Windows updates.

[MdHusainhfz]

Same issue,
I've installed Powershell 7.2.7 with context menu option,
then updated Windows 10 from 21H2 to 22H2, after that Powershell context menu disappeared.

[DesertBear]

Still happening with 7.3.1.

I've been manually updating PowerShell 7 from the GitHub MSI installer to avoid this issue, however today I installed the Windows 10 "Patch Tuesday" updates and it automatically updated PowerShell from 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 at the same time. Therefore, I've now lost the right-click "Run with PowerShell 7" context menu.

[RealLKrieger]

For me the same as in the post before. I started a deployment of 7.3.0 on a decent amount of systems with the context enabled. Does work until the auto update from wsus with 7.3.1 rolls over, then its gone.

[Bidthedog]

I just did a reboot and noticed this has happened to me too. I use this context menu constantly. Win 11 on PS v7.3.3. here.

It's not entirely clear what has been installed to make this happen; I assume a windows update or a background update to PowerShell itself?

I have decided to uninstall it, and reinstall it with the auto-update disabled.

[patriml]

Silent update from PowerShell v7.3.4 to v7.3.5 on Windows 10.0.19045 removed context menu entries for me too. Updating to v7.3.4 via MSI (enabling the option to add context menu entries) restored them.

[aleferri]

Keep happening to 7.3.6. Please resolve, or be honest and just disable the option of updating automatically as it doesn't work and there is no point on fooling the users.

[DreamCatcher13]

disappeared for me too, after silent update :( win 10, powershell 7.3.7

[awsr]

An interesting update. I've found that if I manually add the registry entries for the "Run With PowerShell 7" command instead of re-running the installer to add it, the setting will persist through upgrades. (This does mean I'll have to manually change the references to PowerShell 8 if this is still an issue by the time it comes out.)

The relevant lines for ALL of the registry entries in the installer setup are at:

PowerShell/assets/wix/Product.wxs

Lines 234 to 283 in dab6ca2

	<Component Id="ExplorerContextMenu">
	<Condition>ADD_EXPLORER_CONTEXT_MENU_OPENPOWERSHELL</Condition>
	<!-- When clicking on background in Explorer -->
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="Directory\Background\shell\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="$(var.ExplorerContextMenuDialogText)"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Icon" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ExtendedSubCommandsKey" Value="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)" KeyPath="yes"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<!-- When clicking on Drive in Explorer -->
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="Drive\shell\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="$(var.ExplorerContextMenuDialogText)"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Icon" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ExtendedSubCommandsKey" Value="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<!-- When clicking on Desktop background in Explorer -->
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="DesktopBackground\shell\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="$(var.ExplorerContextMenuDialogText)"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Icon" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ExtendedSubCommandsKey" Value="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<!-- When clicking on folder in Explorer -->
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="Directory\shell\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="$(var.ExplorerContextMenuDialogText)"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Icon" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ExtendedSubCommandsKey" Value="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<!-- When being in a Library folder in Explorer -->
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="LibraryFolder\background\shell\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="$(var.ExplorerContextMenuDialogText)"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Icon" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ExtendedSubCommandsKey" Value="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<!-- Sub menus to open PowerShell at the current location either as a normal shell or as Administrator -->
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)\shell\openpwsh">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="$(var.ExplorerContextSubMenuDialogText)"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Icon" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)\shell\openpwsh\command">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe -NoExit -RemoveWorkingDirectoryTrailingCharacter -WorkingDirectory &quot;%V!&quot; -Command &quot;$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = '$(var.ProductName) $(var.SimpleProductVersion) ($(sys.BUILDARCH))'&quot;"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)\shell\runas">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="$(var.ExplorerContextSubMenuElevatedDialogText)"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Icon" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Value="" Name="HasLUAShield"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)\shell\runas\command">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe -NoExit -RemoveWorkingDirectoryTrailingCharacter -WorkingDirectory &quot;%V!&quot; -Command &quot;$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = '$(var.ProductName) $(var.SimpleProductVersion) ($(sys.BUILDARCH))'&quot;"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	<RemoveRegistryKey Id="RemoveOldOpenKey" Root="HKCR" Key="Directory\ContextMenus\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)\shell\open" Action="removeOnInstall"/>
	</Component>

and

PowerShell/assets/wix/Product.wxs

Lines 284 to 294 in dab6ca2

	<Component Id="PowerShellFileContextMenu">
	<Condition>ADD_FILE_CONTEXT_MENU_RUNPOWERSHELL</Condition>
	<!-- When right-clicking ps1 file -->
	<RegistryKey Root="HKCR" Key="Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\$(var.ProductName)$(var.SimpleProductVersion)$(sys.BUILDARCH)">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="$(var.PowerShellFileContextSubMenuDialogText)"/>
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Icon" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe" KeyPath="yes"/>
	<RegistryKey Key="Command">
	<RegistryValue Type="string" Value="[VersionFolder]pwsh.exe -Command &quot;$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = '$(var.ProductName) $(var.SimpleProductVersion) ($(sys.BUILDARCH))'; &amp; '%1'&quot;"/>
	</RegistryKey>
	</RegistryKey>
	</Component>

I only use the "Run With PowerShell" feature, so I don't know if this also applies to the "Open With PowerShell" feature, but you can at least re-add the "Run With..." entry with the following registry file (from Windows 10 and PowerShell 7x64):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\PowerShell7x64]
"Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe"
"MUIVerb"="Run with PowerShell 7"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\PowerShell7x64\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe -Command \"$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'PowerShell 7 (x64)'; if((Get-ExecutionPolicy ) -ne 'AllSigned') { Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process Bypass }; & '%1'\""

[ceztko]

It just happened to me with Windows Update silent installation of 7.4.2.

[kilasuit]

This shouldn't happen with 7.4.3 if #20420 can be merged soon

[reduckted]

Just a small clarification on what to expect once that PR is merged. This problem will still exist for the first version that contains the fix. The installer for that version will remember the options you choose. The version after that will use those settings that were remembered.

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