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What's New in PowerShell 7.5

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PowerShell 7.5-preview.5 includes the following features, updates, and breaking changes. PowerShell 7.5 is built on .NET 9.0.100-rc.1.

For a complete list of changes, see the CHANGELOG in the GitHub repository.

Breaking Changes

  • Fix -OlderThan and -NewerThan parameters for Test-Path when using PathType and date range (#20942) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
    • Previously -OlderThan would be ignored if specified together
  • Change New-FileCatalog -CatalogVersion default to 2 (#20428) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
  • Block getting help from network locations in restricted remoting sessions (#20593)
  • The Windows installer now remembers installation options used and uses them to initialize options for the next installation (#20420) (Thanks @reduckted!)
  • ConvertTo-Json now serializes BigInteger as a number (#21000) (Thanks @jborean93!)

Updated modules

PowerShell 7.5-preview.5 includes the following updated modules:

  • Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet v1.1.0-preview2
  • PSReadLine v2.3.5

Tab completion improvements

Many thanks to @ArmaanMcleod and others for all their work to improve tab completion.

  • Fall back to type inference when hashtable key-value cannot be retrieved from safe expression (#21184) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix the regression when doing type inference for $_ (#21223) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Expand ~ to $home on Windows with tab completion (#21529)
  • Don't complete when declaring parameter name and class member (#21182) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Prevent fallback to file completion when tab completing type names (#20084) (Thanks @MartinGC94)
  • Add argument completer to -Version for Set-StrictMode (#20554) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Add -Verb argument completer for Get-Verb/ Get-Command and refactor Get-Verb (#20286) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod)
  • Add -Verb argument completer for Start-Process (#20415) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod)
  • Add -Scope argument completer for *-Variable, *-Alias & *-PSDrive commands (#20451) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod)
  • Add -Module completion for Save-Help/Update-Help commands (#20678) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod)

New cmdlets

  • Add ConvertTo-CliXml and ConvertFrom-CliXml cmdlets (#21063) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)

Web cmdlets improvements

  • Fix to allow -PassThru and -Outfile work together (#24086) (Thanks @jshigetomi!)
  • Add OutFile property in WebResponseObject (#24047) (Thanks @jshigetomi!)
  • Show filename in Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile -Verbose (#24041) (Thanks @jshigetomi!)
  • Fix WebCmdlets when -Body is specified but ContentType is not (#23952) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix Invoke-WebRequest to report correct size when -Resume is specified (#20207) (Thanks @LNKLEO!)
  • Fix Web Cmdlets to allow WinForm apps to work correctly (#20606)

Other cmdlet improvements

  • Enable -NoRestart to work with Register-PSSessionConfiguration (#23891)
  • Add IgnoreComments and AllowTrailingCommas options to Test-Json cmdlet (#23817) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Get-Help may report parameters with ValueFromRemainingArguments attribute as pipeline-able (#23871)
  • Change type of LineNumber to ulong in Select-String (#24075) (Thanks @Snowman-25!)
  • Get-Process: Remove admin requirement for -IncludeUserName (#21302) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix Test-Path -IsValid to check for invalid path and filename characters (#21358)
  • Add RecommendedAction to ConciseView of the error reporting (#20826) (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
  • Added progress bar for Remove-Item cmdlet (#20778) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Fix Test-Connection due to .NET 8 changes (#20369)
  • Fix Get-Service non-terminating error message to include category (#20276)
  • Add -Empty and -InputObject parameters to New-Guid (#20014) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Add the alias r to the parameter -Recurse for the Get-ChildItem command (#20100) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
  • Add LP to LiteralPath aliases for functions still missing it (#20820)
  • Add implicit localization fallback to Import-LocalizedData (#19896) (Thanks @chrisdent-de!)
  • Add Aliases to the properties shown up when formatting the help content of the parameter returned by Get-Help (#20994)
  • Add HelpUri to Remove-Service (#20476)
  • Fix completion crash for the SCCM provider (#20815, #20919, #20915) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix regression in Get-Content when -Tail 0 and -Wait are used together (#20734) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix Start-Process -PassThru to make sure the ExitCode property is accessible for the returned Process object (#20749) (Thanks @CodeCyclone!)
  • Fix Group-Object to use current culture for its output (#20608)
  • Fix Group-Object output using interpolated strings (#20745) (Thanks @mawosoft!)
  • Fix rendering of DisplayRoot for network PSDrive (#20793)
  • Fix Copy-Item progress to only show completed when all files are copied (#20517)
  • Fix UNC path completion regression (#20419) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Report error if invalid -ExecutionPolicy is passed to pwsh (#20460)
  • Add WinGetCommandNotFound and CompletionPredictor modules to track usage (#21040)
  • Add DateKind parameter to ConvertFrom-Json (#20925) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Add DirectoryInfo to the OutputType for New-Item (#21126) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix Get-Error serialization of array values (#21085) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix Test-ModuleManifest so it can use a UNC path (#24115)
  • Fix Get-TypeData to write to the pipeline immediately instead of collecting data first (#24236) (Thanks @MartinGC94)
  • Add -Force parameter to Resolve-Path and Convert-Path cmdlets to support wildcard hidden files #20981 (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)

Engine improvements

  • Explicitly start and stop ANSI Error Color (#24065) (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
  • Improve .NET overload definition of generic methods (#21326) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Optimize the += operation for a collection when it's an object array (#23901) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Add telemetry to check for specific tags when importing a module (#20371)
  • Add PSAdapter and ConsoleGuiTools to module load telemetry allowlist (#20641)
  • Add Winget module to track usage (#21040)
  • Ensure the filename is not null when logging WDAC ETW events (#20910) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix four regressions introduced by the WDAC logging feature (#20913)
  • Leave the input, output, and error handles unset when they are not redirected (#20853)
  • Fix implicit remoting proxy cmdlets to act on common parameters (#20367)
  • Include the module version in error messages when module is not found (#20144) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Fix unixmode to handle setuid and sticky when file is not an executable (#20366)
  • Fix using assembly to use Path.Combine when constructing assembly paths (#21169)
  • Validate the value for using namespace during semantic checks to prevent declaring invalid namespaces (#21162)
  • Handle global tool specially when prepending $PSHome to PATH (#24228)

Experimental features

The following experimental features were converted to mainstream features in PowerShell 7.5-preview.5:

The following experimental features are included in PowerShell 7.5-preview.5: