PowerShell does not open on Windows Server 2008 R2

This post describes one way to fix the issue when PowerShell does not open on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Issue

On Windows Server 2008 R2, after installing WMF 5.0, PowerShell does not open.

Pressing the shortcut results in the PowerShell window briefly displaying then immediately disappearing.

If you try to run PowerShell from a command prompt, you will see the error "The type initializer for 'System.Management.Automation.Tracing.PSEtwLog' threw an exception.


Resolution

To resolve the issue, install the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.

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