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"Unable to modify the shortcut"

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

Right-click title bar of PowerShell 7.1.2 (or any 7.x.x version) and choose Properties. Make any number of changes in any of the tabs, then click OK.

Expected behavior

The expectation is that these settings would be saved.

Actual behavior

An error occurs:

---------------------------
Error Updating Shortcut
---------------------------
Unable to modify the shortcut:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PowerShell\PowerShell 7 (x64).lnk.
Check to make sure it has not been deleted or renamed.
---------------------------
OK   
---------------------------

I have seen solutions around the internet which involve steps like creating a new shortcut to the existing shortcut, yada yada (stuff that shouldn’t be necessary).

Environment data

>$PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.1.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.1.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.18363
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Reactions:4
Comments:8 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

8reactions

msftbot[bot]commented, Jan 20, 2022

This issue has been marked as answered and has not had any activity for 1 day. It has been closed for housekeeping purposes.

4reactions

JeremyTBradshawcommented, Jan 20, 2022

Didn’t realize @iSazonov teed this up for closure. Great. Oh well, moving on again. Someday… It maybe Microsoft will just revive Windows PowerShell again and fix things there.

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