The system cannot open the device or file specified. : 'PSReadLineHistoryFile_3946503603'

Unable to run Powershell or Preview on MacOS if the PSReadline Module is loaded.

The error is:

Oops, something went wrong. Please report this bug with the details below. Report on GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/issues/new

Environment

PSReadLine: 2.0.0-rc1 PowerShell: 7.0.0 OS: Darwin 19.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.2.0: Sat Nov 9 03:47:04 PST 2019; root:xnu-6153.61.1~20/RELEASE_X86_64 Last 0 Keys

Exception

System.IO.IOException: The system cannot open the device or file specified. : 'PSReadLineHistoryFile_3946503603'
   at System.Threading.Mutex.CreateMutexCore(Boolean initiallyOwned, String name, Boolean& createdNew)
   at System.Threading.Mutex..ctor(Boolean initiallyOwned, String name)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.DelayedOneTimeInitialize()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Initialize(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

Powershell lods fine if I delete / rename / dont load the PSReadLine module.

[daxian-dbw]

@FiggyRoll Thanks for reporting back on this with additional information! I will resolve this as a duplicate of #1464 and move your last comment to it. I really appreciate for the additional information.

[FiggyRoll]

Hi @iSazonov

Sure. In terms of more info.

Running iterm2 using zsh on MacOS, and Powershell is installed using brew. Has failed since I updated to Powershell 7 from 6.

brew cask uninstall powershell brew cask install powershell

Updating Homebrew… ==> Auto-updated Homebrew! Updated 2 taps (homebrew/core and homebrew/cask). => Downloading https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.0.0/powershell-7.0.0-osx-x64.pkg Already downloaded: /Users/785207/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/c509d60c30f795663f2d92d5ce54dc4ea3a700fed889ca40f66666df05ce4d14–powershell-7.0.0-osx-x64.pkg ==> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask ‘powershell’. ==> Installing Cask powershell ==> Running installer for powershell; your password may be necessary. ==> Package installers may write to any location; options such as --appdir are ignored. installer: Package name is PowerShell - 7.0.0 installer: Installing at base path / installer: The install was successful. 🍺 powershell was successfully installed!

then run powershell from iterm2

pwsh

first time running probably takes 10 - 15 seconds then the error above appears. Just checked using the native terminal as well and receive the same error.

Thanks