Cannot run script in Powershell or cmd

Question

I am following through with thistable-of-contents

Pluralsight course. I try to run script called restore.cmd @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL PowerShell -NoProfile -NoLogo -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command "[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ''; [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = '';& '%~dp0build.ps1' -all -nobuild -restore %*; exit $LASTEXITCODE"
When I type restore.cmd either in Powershell or windows cmd I get error:

'PowerShell' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
I cloned aspnetcore source code from github and went through steps as in video but was stuck at the step to restore packages to build the solution.
My question first about this command (restore.cmd) is it powershell script? what is it doing?
and why I am getting the error? and is there any workaround like copying the command and run it in nugetconsole in visual studio

Answer 1

Hi，

The path of PowerShell cannot be found on your machine. Please check the PATH environment variable by running echo %path% in cmd. If the path of powershell.exe "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\" is not contained, you can run "env" from the start menu and add it to the Path system variable.

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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Answer 2

Sorry for Richmatheisen-8865 your answer is also accepted and you were the first

Answer 3

Assuming you're running this on Windows this should be in your Path environment variable:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\

You should find "powershell.exe" in that directory.