Compiling Fails w/o Compatibility mode in v7 about ps2exe HOT 7 CLOSED

I will investigate what the best to do (but a message "Operation is not supported on this platform" is self speaking).

But first I go on vacation, more in three weeks...

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Hello kewalsky,

the issue with PS2EXE and PowerShell 6 or 7 is the underlying .Net Core. PS2EXE compiles a frame C# program containing the PowerShell script. .Net Core (and so PowerShell 7) does not deliver a compiler anymore in its base installation, one has to install the SDK to get one ("Roslyn").

And once there is the compiler, the calling method has changed completely. I do not know how to implement this without weeks of work. If someone has a good idea how to make it "cheap", please tell.

Sorry, at the moment I see no possibility to provide support for Powershell Core.

Greetings

Markus

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I buried it in there as the third example but it still does appear to run on Core v7 as long as you do "Import-Module ps2exe -UseWindowsPowerShell" before the Invoke-ps2exe command. I don't know if it would be feasible to have it detect the version of PowerShell it is running on and throw a warning or maybe just add an aside under the usage section of the Readme?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_windows_powershell_compatibility?view=powershell-7

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Another option would be to download the script based version of PS2EXE from TechNet-Gallery or PS2EXE-GUI: "Convert" PowerShell Scripts to EXE Files with GUI and compile it with itself.
You can then use the executable ps2exe.exe to compile from Powershell Core (unfortunately then the automatic parameter expansion is missing).

Greetings

Markus

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Now back from vacation I will look for a solution or remedy

Greetings

Markus

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Hello Keith,

I released the new version 1.0.6 of PS2EXE today with (limited) support for PowerShell Core. Since PowerShell Core has no compiler built in, PS2EXE starts a new instance of Windows PowerShell and runs PS2EXE there.

Hope this helps and works for you

Greetings

Markus

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Yes I can confirm it compiled, thank you!

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