PowerShell

PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework.

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Version 7.6.6 Released 2026-09-08

## [7.6.6]

### Engine Updates and Fixes

- Fix `FileOnlyEntry` crashing on older versions of Windows (#27931)
- Add support for new WLDP setting `EnableFileOnlyEntry` (#27922)

### General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

- Remove the `` element from `CmdletizationCoreResources.resx` (#27932)

### Tests

- Fix the localization tests for Release Automation (#27945)

### Build and Packaging Improvements

Update to .NET SDK 10.0.401

Update AppxManifest.xml to only declare en-US for the <Resources> element (#27941)
Localized file check-in by OneLocBuild Task: Build definition ID 13420: Build ID 2701735 (#27895) (#27942)
Produce satellite assemblies in Windows release build and properly remove them when they are not required (#27943)
Update the manifest resource names for the localized resources embedded in satellite assemblies (#27921)
Update LocProject.json to list each English resource file directly (#27937)
Localized file check-in by OneLocBuild Task: Build definition ID 13420: Build ID 2691582 (#27936)
Localized file check-in by OneLocBuild Task: Build definition ID 13420: Build ID 2684623 (#27935)
Localized file check-in by OneLocBuild Tas

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