The type initializer for 'System.Management.Automation.Tracing.PSEtwLog' threw an exception.
This post describes how to fix: The type initializer for 'System.Management.Automation.Tracing.PSEtwLog' threw an exception.
Background
I recently installed XIA Configuration on Windows Server 2008 and wanted to scan a Microsoft Azure tenant. In order to do so, I first had to install the Azure PowerShell cmdlets. This required WMF 5.0 which I downloaded and installed.
Error
I then tried to open PowerShell but it immediately closed. When I tried to open PowerShell in a command prompt, I could see the error was
'The type initializer for 'System.Management.Automation.Tracing.PSEtwLog' threw an exception.'Fix
After doing some research, I discovered I also needed to install .NET Framework 4.5. PowerShell then opened successfully and I was able to install the Azure PowerShell cmdlets and run the scan.
Video
You can see this fix in the following video PowerShell does not open on Windows Server 2008:
Comments
Post a Comment