Windows 10: Windows PowerShell 7 "Cannot load PSReadLine module. Console is running without PSReadLine."

This message started showing up when running PowerShell 7:"Cannot load PSReadLine module. Console is running without PSReadLine."**Any commands that are mentioned here were run using PowerShell**After looking through some documentation it led to this site:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline?view=powershell-7.4Running the command Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -AllowClobber -Force mentioned in the above site displayed an error message that was descriptive enough to figure out what the problem was, at least on my system.I had changed the execu

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What is PSReadline module?

Hello all,

Can anyone tell me, please what is this error message in PowerShell (x86), why it has occured and how to fix it:

''Cannot load PSReadline module. Console is running without PSReadline.

Thank you in advance...

 

What is PSReadline module?

How to install the PowerShell console extension PSReadLine 4sysops

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Installing on Windows 10 with PowerShell 5

This appears to offer a way to install this. This should not be necessary, but may provide a means of repair.

I have no experience of this, and have just done some quick research for you. Others may well know more.

 

Powershell has stopped working. Can anyone help a computer illiterate?

Thanks guys, I've tried everything and I still got the PowerShell not working message, and then I ran powershell and got this "Cannot load PSReadline module. Console is running without PSReadline."