PowerShell does not open on Windows Server 2008 R2

This video describes how to get PowerShell to open on Windows Server 2008 R2. More info: https://howardsimpson.blogspot.com/2018/09/powershell-does-not-open-on-windows.html

The error message is “The type initializer for ‘System.Management.Automation.Tracing.PSEtwLog’ threw an exception”.

The fix is to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.

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