ruby exec powershell windows

Question

When I run the following in ruby:

`powershell.exe -executionpolicy unrestricted -command get-module -listavailable`

...the result I get is different from if I just run cmd and execute:

powershell.exe -executionpolicy unrestricted -command get-module -listavailable

How can I fix this, so I can yield the same result?

I suspect that they are running in different user contexts and thus would potentially be loading different modules. — EBGreen
– EBGreen, Commented Oct 24, 2012 at 17:36
so apparently it is enumerating C:\windows\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\modules — rismoney
– rismoney, Commented Oct 24, 2012 at 17:58
It should be enumerating modules under your user profile (typically under C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\WindowsPowerShell) as well. — EBGreen
– EBGreen, Commented Oct 24, 2012 at 18:05

Castrohenge · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-26 10:15:51Z

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Yes. The fix apparently is the sysnative alias. Use:

C:/windows/sysnative/windowspowshell/v1.0/powershell.exe

Instead of syswow64 or system32 or none.

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answered Oct 24, 2012 at 18:13

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