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DownloadPowerShell.bat

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+@echo off
+rem Create PowerShell Folder
+if exist .\PowerShell\ (
+    echo PowerShell Folder Already exists
+) else (
+    echo Creating PowerShell Folder
+    mkdir .\PowerShell
+)
+rem Download PowerShell from https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest
+if exist .\PowerShell.zip (
+    echo PowerShell.zip found, skipping download
+) else (
+    echo PowerShell.zip not found, downloading PowerShell.zip
+    rem Get the bit type of the processor
+    reg Query "HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0" | find /i "x86" > NUL && set OS=32BIT || set OS=64BIT
+    rem Download the 32bit version or 64bit version of PowerShell
+    if %OS%==32BIT c:\Windows\System32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Command "& { $uri = $((Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri 'https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest').Links.href | Where-Object { $_ -like '*releases*win-x86.zip' }); Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $('https://github.com'+$uri) -OutFile '.\PowerShell.zip' }"
+    if %OS%==64BIT c:\Windows\System32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Command "& { $uri = $((Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri 'https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest').Links.href | Where-Object { $_ -like '*releases*win-x64.zip' }); Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $('https://github.com'+$uri) -OutFile '.\PowerShell.zip' }"
+)
+rem Extract the Downloaded Powershell Zip
+if exist .\PowerShell\pwsh.exe (
+    echo PowerShell already extracted
+) else (
+    echo Extracting contents of PowerShell.zip to .\PowerShell\
+    c:\Windows\System32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Command "& { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('.\PowerShell.zip', '.\PowerShell') }"
+    echo Done extracting PowerShell.zip to .\PowerShell\
+)

Example.ps1

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+#Requires -Version 7
+Write-Output $PSVersionTable

RunExample.bat

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+@echo off
+echo ==== Running Example.ps1 With pwsh.exe found under .\PowerShell\ ====
+.\PowerShell\pwsh.exe -WorkingDirectory .\ -NoExit -NoProfile -NoLogo -File .\Example.ps1

readme.md

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+# PowerShell Standalone Example
+
+## Requirements
+
+* PowerShell 2.0 or greater
+* Server 2008 or greater
+* A little bit of Batch and PowerShell knowledge to get a PowerShell script to run
+
+## Run a PowerShell script with PowerShell 7 with out installing PowerShell 7
+
+1. Copy the files in this repository into a folder
+2. Navigate to that folder
+3. Double click on `DownloadPowerShell.bat`
+4. Wait for PowerShell to download and extract into the `PowerShell\` folder
+5. Double click on `RunExample.bat`
+6. You should see the output of `$PSVersionTable`
+
+## How to use in production
+
+1. Do the steps above from 1 to 4
+2. Edit and Rename `RunExample.bat` and `Example.ps1` as needed
+3. Delete `PowerShell.zip` and `DownloadPowerShell.bat`
+4. Zip your `bat`, `ps1`, and the `PowerShell` files and folders
+5. Move you zip file to production
+6. Extract and run you `bat` file