Powershell Issue - "powershell.exe This application could not be started. Do you want to view information about this issue?"

Question

Hello,

I'm having a worrisome issue with Windows Powershell. Would you be able to assist me in resolving it?

Upon start up the following dialogue box populated and continues to populate ad nauseum for the entire time that I run my Windows 10 PC. The only changes I've made to my PC that seem as though they could have anything to do with this are that ci Resolve 18 and uninstalled Adobe Premiere Pro, but I don't think that could be causing the issue and also am not sure how to check what might be interacting with Power Shell in any way to cause it.

A dialogue box will populate that says: "powershell.exe This application could not be started." in the dialogue box header and the body states: "This application could not be started. Do you want to view information about this issue?"

When I click Yes it brings me to this web page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/application-not-started?version=(null)&processName=powershell.exe&platform=0009&osver=7&isServer=0&shimver=4.0.30319.0 an asks me to download a tool to resolve the issue, but after running the wizard it says it's unable to resolve the issue. Clicking No just causes the dialogue box to repopulate again.

Does anyone know how I can resolve this?

Answer 1

I tried to upload an image of the error but I don't see it populating so I'm attempting to upload it again

Answer 2

To determine the underlying cause, please share logs from Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (FRST).

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/farbar-recovery-scan-tool/

• If your computer language is not English, rename FRST64.exe to FRST64English.exe
• Run FRST and press "Scan"
• Two logs are created in the folder that FRST is run from, FRST.txt and Addition.txt
• Upload the logs to OneDrive, Google Drive or any file sharing service
• Post the share link

Note: If you are downloading FRST with Edge, smartscreen will initially block it.

Click on the 3 dots next to the warning and select Keep-> Show more-> Keep anyway.

Answer 3

Is this safe? My computer keeps advising me not to download this program.

Answer 4

Absolutely 100% safe. As I said SmartScreen will initially block and needs a manual override.