Can't find powershell.exe

Hi,

I just installed clang power tools. Clang format works great, but when I run compile or tidy, I get the same error :

--- CLANG TIDY STARTED ---

PowerShell.exe : The term 'PowerShell.exe' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -NoProfile -Noninteracti ...

--- CLANG TIDY FINISHED ---

I don’t think it’s a power tool problem, but I’m running out of things to try to resolve this.

I’m running :

• Windows 10, 21H2
• Visual Studio 2017, 15.9.45
• Powershell 5.1.19041.1682
• CPT 9.0.0.958 PSModulePath=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules

I tried opening Visual Studio as administrator, as well as a regular user. I am able to start powershell from a VS2017 developer command prompt, as well as with a regular command prompt. C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\ is in my PATH. I tried installing Powershell 7 but it didn’t seem to help either.

Any tips and steps to try and fix this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[dacmot]

Ah! Great thinking. I forgot procexp could do that.

Indeed, it isn’t there. And I have an idea why. Something about my weird work setup.

Thanks!

[hero101111]

Let’s investigate this a bit further…

Please grab Sysinternals Process Explorer and inspect the VS2017 process. Right click on it > Properties > Environment. You should see PATH listed there, copy and paste it somewhere where you can examine it. Does it look OK?