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    Any way I can force the background jobs to run as my current powershell version (v5.1).  This outputs the same with Invoke-Command -AsJob as well.  I think I'm missing something stupid.

    start-job -ScriptBlock {Get-host | Select-Object Version}

    Receive-Job -id 286
Version RunspaceId
------- ----------
1.0.0.0 6b69377d-5156-4708-8273-e9f34ed4e7af

    Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:51 PM

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    PS D:\scripts> start-job -ScriptBlock {$PsVersionTable} | Receive-job -Wait

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
BuildVersion                   10.0.17763.316
PSVersion                      5.1.17763.316
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSEdition                      Desktop
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1


PS D:\scripts>
    You have to ask the right question.

    \_(ツ)_/


    • Edited by jrv Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:12 PM
    • Marked as answer by aacajo Thursday, February 21, 2019 10:11 PM
    Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:11 PM

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    PS D:\scripts> start-job -ScriptBlock {$PsVersionTable} | Receive-job -Wait

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
BuildVersion                   10.0.17763.316
PSVersion                      5.1.17763.316
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSEdition                      Desktop
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1


PS D:\scripts>
    You have to ask the right question.

    \_(ツ)_/


    • Edited by jrv Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:12 PM
    • Marked as answer by aacajo Thursday, February 21, 2019 10:11 PM
    Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:11 PM
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    Ah ok.  I'm trying to call another script that has this block in it and it triggers the echo.

    if ((get-host).Version.Major -lt "4") {
  echo "[!] Need PowerShell v4 or later"
  exit 1
}

    Not running the right check then?

    Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:36 PM
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    Use:

    #required -Version 4

    as the first line of your script.  It will prompt that V4 is needed.

    \_(ツ)_/

    Thursday, February 21, 2019 10:10 PM
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    Also:

    $PSVersionTable.PSVersion -lt 4.0.0.0

    or this:

    $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 4

    \_(ツ)_/



    • Edited by jrv Thursday, February 21, 2019 10:13 PM
    Thursday, February 21, 2019 10:12 PM