A small window for the PowerShellToolsProcessHost.exe is visible when the PowerShell interactive window is loaded

[Andrew Stanton]

This is probably easier to describe with a picture.

It mostly just hangs out in the background and closes with VS, but sometimes I'll catch it with a click or Alt-Tab. Can this be a hidden window or is there a way I can hide it to avoid the interference?

PoshPro Tools v4.1.8, but this was present before that. VS 15.9.7

Here is my $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.17134.407
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.17134.407
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

[Andrew Stanton]

this is still present in VS 16.1 and the latest Poshtools (4.6.2?)

[Adam Driscoll]

FYI - I’m working on this. I’m replacing the host process with PowerShell.exe and Pwsh.exe. This will introduce PS Core support as well as get rid of that stupid little window.

[Adam Driscoll]

This has been resolved in 5.0