The error “Powershell has stopped working” is generated by a virus (poweliks) On your computer. You are likely to experience your computer at its maximum slow levels. Unlike other sites, I test my solutions very carefully before posting, therefore I will go straight to the answer now. Before starting, bookmark this page to access it while following the steps.
1. Restart the computer and repeatedly press the F8 key to open the “Advanced start menu”. You must press the F8 key before you see the Windows logo and on the next screen, repeatedly until the “Start Menu” appear advanced “. If you don't, repeat the procedure.
2. Once you see the advanced boot menu, select “Safe mode with network connection”. Image is to illustrate and show safe mode, but you must choose “Safe mode with network connection”.
3. Enter your windows, will be compact and feature-limited, but that's what we'll do to get rid of the “poweliks” that generate errors in the “powerhell”.
4. Before proceeding to the next step, follow the steps in this guide “Your current security settings do not allow the download of this file” and then return to this page to continue from step 5.
5.Now download Reimage Plus by clicking the link below. Unfortunately, antivirus programs like Norton, AVG and McAfee won't protect you from Malwares like Poweliks, so we need Reimage Plus for a full scan. I recommend that you buy it so that it can scan your system and replace corrupted files with your repository. You can get it from here
6. Once downloaded, install it. Open it and scan your system with it. Follow the steps on the screen.
7. After that, restart the computer in safe mode. See step 1
8. Then click here to get Malwarebytes
9. Download, install and run the program.
10. Do a full scan and clean up any problems you have found and reboot in safe mode. See step 1
11. Download ESET Poweliks Remover
12. Click the downloaded ESETPoweliksCleaner.exe file and open it, click Run if prompted and then click Accept to accept the terms.
13. If the ESET window tells you that it has found Poweliks press the Y key on your keyboard to confirm the deletion, If that is not the case, it's okay.
Threat not found
Method 2: el «Powershell»
In some cases, Powershell may be disabled in Windows settings. Therefore, in this step we will enable it from the configuration. For this:
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Press the keys »Windows» + »S» to open the search panel.
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Type »Windows Features» and click the option »Turn Windows Features On or Off».
By clicking on the option «Activate or deactivate Windows functions» -
Wait for the list to load, scroll down and find the option »Powershell» or »Windows Powershell«.
Selecting the option “Windows Powershell 2.0” -
Once found, double click on it to expand it and check both boxes.
Checking both boxes -
Click »OK» and check if the problem persists.
By clicking on the option «Activate or deactivate Windows functions»
Selecting the option “Windows Powershell 2.0”
Checking both boxes
