Fix 'PowerShell Not Recognized as Internal or External Command'
If you see the error 'powershell' is not recognized as an internal or external command
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Fix PowerShell Ubuntu Missing Dependencies in WSL
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Fix Windows Update Error 0x80070005 Permission Denied
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