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Can't run powershell.exe from within a Bash/WSL session

See original GitHub issue

Cannot run powershell.exe from within a Windows Subsystem for Linux Bash session nor from within a Tmux session!:

Oops, something went wrong.  Please report this bug with the details below.
Report on GitHub: https://github.com/lzybkr/PSReadLine/issues/new
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Exception:
System.IO.IOException: The handle is invalid.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.Console.GetBufferInfo(Boolean throwOnNoConsole, Boolean& succeeded)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Internal.ConhostConsole.get_CursorLeft()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Initialize(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics)
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Edge case, I know, but a user asked!

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

bitcrazedcommented, Dec 16, 2016

Invoking Windows PowerShell.exe from within Linux Bash! 😃

$ powershell.exe

1reaction

villesinisalocommented, May 17, 2017

user@hostname:~$ powershell.exe
Unable to translate current working directory. Using C:\Users\user
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\Users\user> Exit
Exit
user@hostname:~$

Seems to work for me now 🤷‍♂️