Hello Team,
Please my visual studio 2013 ultimate is giving issues for a couples of days now and below is the error message I keep getting and if i tried creating a new project the same issue keep happening.
Package Installation Error,
could not add all required packages to the project.
jQuery 1.10.2: Failed to initialize the Powershell host.
EntityFramework 6.0.0: Failed to initialize PowerShell host.
Emmmanuel FIADUFEPosted Feb 6, 2026, 8:45 AM
Hello Uttam,
Please I check and revert.
But per your question, I have installed Powershell 5. 0 but it didn't work.
My visual studio is 2013 ultimate.
My OS is windows 11 home.
Uttam ChaturvediPosted Feb 5, 2026, 8:48 AM
I have got something while googling your question . Worth giving it a try
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32005323/nuget-powershell-2-0-error-visual-studio-2015-windows-10-pwrshl-5-0
Note : Why are you still using old version?.
Emmmanuel FIADUFEPosted Jan 31, 2026, 9:07 PM
Even on my Package Manager Console, this message appears and make the console inactive,
Error: The Package Manager Console requires PowerShell 2.0 runtime, which is not detected on this machine. Please install the PowerShell 2.0 from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929 and restart Visual Studio.